Larval polyphagy of Cataspilatesmarceloi (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), a Neotropical geometrid moth with flightless females
Larval polyphagy of Cataspilatesmarceloi (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), a Neotropical geometrid moth with flightless females
Héctor A. Vargas
TLDR
Surveys in the arid shrubland of the central Andes revealed larval polyphagy for Cataspilatesmarceloi Vargas, 2022, a geometrid moth with flightless females, suggesting that, as well as in the Holarctic fauna, larval polyphagy would have been important for the evolution of flightlessness among Neotropical geometrid moths of the tribe Boarmiini.
Abstract
Abstract Surveys in the arid shrubland of the central Andes revealed larval polyphagy for Cataspilatesmarceloi Vargas, 2022 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae, Boarmiini), a geometrid moth with flightless females. This discovery suggests that, as well as in the Holarctic fauna, larval polyphagy would have been important for the evolution of flightlessness among Neotropical geometrid moths of the tribe Boarmiini.