Life history of <i>Greta diaphana </i>from the Dominican Republic<i> </i>(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Authors
A. Sourakov
T. C. Emmel
Keywords:
Caribbean, Central America, Costa Rica, Cuba, Episcada, eggs, Hispaniola, hostplants, Hymenitis, Hypoleria, Ithomiinae, Jamaica, larval morphology, Neotropical, pupae, Solanaceae, Trinidad, West Indies
Abstract
The life history of Greta diaphana (Drury) (Ithomiinae) (assigned to ssp. charadra Schwartz) from the Cordillera Central in the Republica Dominicana, island of Hispaniola, is described, and its food plant, Cestrurn coelophlebium O. E. Schulz (Solanaceae) is reported.