Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 54B(1-2) 2011

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VOL 54B(1-2) 2011

DOI:

10.3409/azc.54b_1-2.05-15

Keywords:

Larentiinae, Geometridae, biology, early stages, Chile

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Contribution to an understanding of the biology and the morphology of the early stages of a Neotropical larentine: Hagnagora vittata PHILIPPI, 1859 in Chile (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

• Gareth Edward KING
• Luis E. PARRA

Abstract:

Neither the biology nor the early stages of the Neotropical larentine Hagnagora vittata PHILIPPI, 1859 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Geometridae) are known, in the present paper original data are presented on the insect.s food-plant in captivity, observations of the imago in the wild state, in addition to details on the morphology of the egg, the fifth instar larva and the pupa.