Imaturos de Chrismopteryx undularia (Blanchard) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Immatures of Chrismopteryx undularia (Blanchard) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Egg, larva and pupa of Chrismopteryx undularia (Blanchard, 1852) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) are described and illustrated.

Egg and First Instar of the Neotropical Geometrid MothPero obtusariaProut (Geometridae: Ennominae: Azelinini)

“…Thoracic and abdominal setae with longitudinal carinae and multi-pointed apex (Fig. 15-16) have been also described for the first instar of other members of Ennominae (Macariini: Blaik & Malkiewicz 2003;Boarmiini: Vargas & Parra 2013) and Larentiinae (Vargas et al 2010). Depressed tarsal setae TS3 have been already described for the first instar of Larentiinae (Vargas et al 2013); however, the distal margin sawtoothed, as found here for P. obtusaria, has been not previously reported.…”

“…An increase in the number of some thoracic and abdominal setae following the first larval molt has been described for several species of Geometridae (e.g. : Parra & Henríquez-Rodríguez 1993, Blaik & Malkiewicz 2003, Vargas et al 2010, Vargas & Parra 2013. However, this increase is remarkable in the SV group of A6 in the Nearctic species of Pero, reaching a few tens of setae on the external surface of the proleg of A6 of the last instars of some species (McGuffin 1963).…”

“…Unfortunately, further comparisons are not possible at the intra-generic level based on the available morphological descriptions (Comstock 1963, McGuffin 1963. Indeed, external morphology of the first instar has been little studied in the family Geometridae (Grehan et al 1994, Blaik & Malkiewicz 2003, Vargas et al 2010, Vargas & Parra 2013. However, there are a few characteristics that would be interesting to explore in further comparative studies, such as the relative length of the cephalic setae (A3, Fig.…”