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Pseudoscada erruca
Species of brush-footed butterfly in tribe Ithomiini From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pseudoscada erruca is a South-American species of brush-footed butterfly in the Godyridina subtribe of Ithomiini.[2] It was described in 1855 by William Chapman Hewitson as Ithomia erruca.[1][3]
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Distribution and habitat
The type locality of Pseudoscada erruca is Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.[1][3] It also occurs in other parts of Brazil, such as Pernambuco,[4] and in Argentina.[1]
Pseudoscada erruca occurs in humid habitats with a permanent presence of water.[4] Research in 2009 on the frequency of occurrence of species in tribe Ithomiini in old-growth tropical forest versus nearby fragmented landscapes[a] found that the presence of P. erruca was more frequent in the latter than the former.[5]
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Behaviour
Females deposit individual eggs on the underside of leaves of Sessea brasiliensis and less commonly Cestrum spp., with a preference for plants at a height between 1 and 1.5 m in shaded spots.[2] Larvae feed from the leaves of the plant on which they hatch, generally developing better on S. brasiliensis than on Cestrum species.[2] Adults drink nectar, with a preference for the flowers of Rubus rosaefolius.[6] Adults of P. erruca are on wing in both dry and rainy seasons.[4]
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Parasitoids
Pseudoscapa erruca is host to multiple species of parasitoid wasps, with at least one species each from genera Telenomus, Trichogramma, Diadegma and Mesochorus.[2] It has also been found parasitized by a tachinid fly species.[2]
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