First host plant records for Iridopsis hausmanni Vargas (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in the coastal valleys of northern Chile

Prey identification in nests of the potter wasp Hypodynerus andeus (Packard) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) using DNA barcodes

“…The presence of M. mirthae in the cells may be related to the presence of some Fabaceae trees in the study site, which are used as hosts by the larvae of this species (Vargas et al 2005). Similarly, one of the Anacardiaceae host plants used by I. hausmanni in the coastal valleys of the northern Chilean Atacama Desert was also present in the study site (Vargas 2014).…”

Hostplant and last instar of Amastus walkeri (Rothschild, 1922) from southwestern Peru (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae)

“…Schinus molle L. (Anacardiaceae) is the first registered host plant for Amastus walkeri (Rothschild) and the first family record for the genus Amastus. Only two species of hemipteran insects harmful to Schinus molle L. have been reported (MÓSTIGA & LOZADA, 2019) and, among the Lepidoptera, three species are known to use it as a hostplant: Leurocephala chilensis Vargas & Moreira, 2017 (Gracillariidae), Iridopsis hausmanni Vargas, 2007 (Geometridae), and Eupithecia yubitzae Vargas & Parra, 2004 (Geometridae) (VARGAS, 2014;VARGAS et al, 2015;PEREIRA et al, 2017).…”

On the natural history of Cosmophyga cortesi Vargas (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a little-known geometrid moth of the Atacama Desert

“…This finding highlights the importance of this native tree as a host of Lepidoptera native to the transverse valleys of the Atacama Desert (Pereira et al, 2017). More than 20 larvae of Iridopsis hausmanni Vargas, 2007, another geometrid moth whose association with S. areira was already known (Vargas, 2014), were collected along with the larvae of C. cortesi. Although I. hausmanni outnumbered C. cortesi on this occasion, further studies are needed to compare the abundance patterns of the two species more accurately.…”