The life cycle of <i>Oressinoma typhla</i> Doubleday, [1849] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
Authors
María Eugenia Losada
Department of Entomology, MRC 165, PO Box 37012, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Andrew F. E. Neild
Ángel L. Viloria
Keywords:
Coenonymphina, Cyperaceae, Cyperus, early stages, Euptychiina, host plant, life history, life tables, Satyrini, Venezuela
Abstract
The complete life cycle of Oressinoma typhla Doubleday, [1849] and the morphology of its immature stages are described. Biological and ecological information is provided for each stage, and its host plant is identified as Cyperus involucratus (Cyperaceae) in the mountains of northern Venezuela.
