Cunoniaceae, new family food plant record for the high altitude Andean genera Penaincisalia and Micandra (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini)

• Autores: Faynel, Christophe, Robbins , Robert K.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/23216
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/23216
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Estación Biológica Wayquecha; bosque nublado andino; insectos fitófagos; estadios inmaduros; técnica de colecta por golpeo; Penaincisalia purpurea; Micandra dignota; Micandra platyptera; Micandra aegides; Lycaenidae; Perisama diotima; Nymphalidae; Wayquecha Biological Station; Andean cloud forest; phytophagous insects; immature stages; collecting by beating technique

Caterpillars of two Andean species of Eumaeini (Lycaenidae: Theclinae) were found eating leaves of Weinmannia crassifolia Ruiz & Pav., 1802 (Cunoniaceae). They were collected by “beating” the leaves. This plant family is reported for the first time as a food plant for Eumaeini. Although it was not possible to rear the caterpillars to the adult stage, we identified them using DNA barcodes. The caterpillars of Penaincisalia purpurea (K. Johnson, 1992) and Micandra dignota (Draudt, 1919) are described and illustrated for the first time. Data on their ecology and relationships with similar species are also presented. A third species collected on the same plant of W. crassifolia in the pupal stage was a Nymphalidae, Perisama diotima (Hewitson, 1852).