Mystery Herbivore of Charismatic Epiphyte Discovered on Andros

Philip A. Gonsiska; Suzanne Koptur

doi:10.18473/lepi.73i2.a1

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Philip A. Gonsiska,^1,2 Suzanne Koptur^1,*

¹1 Florida International University, Department of Biological Sciences, 11200 SW 8th St., Miami FL 33
²2 Bok Tower Gardens, 1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales, FL 33853

^*corresponding author: kopturs@fiu.edu

Abstract

While conducting a population ecological study of a distinctive epiphytic bromeliad, we witnessed a substantial amount of folivory in some populations on Andros, Bahamas. Finding two caterpillars on damaged plants, we reared a species of moth previously recorded only from Cuba. We report here on the damage to Catopsis berteroniana plants by larvae of Dahana cubana, and conclude from our data that both plant size and location (site) influence the amount of damage that plants experienced.

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Philip A. Gonsiska and Suzanne Koptur "Mystery Herbivore of Charismatic Epiphyte Discovered on Andros," The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 73(2), 73-77, (13 December 2019). https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.73i2.a1

Received: 9 November 2018; Accepted: 12 December 2018; Published: 13 December 2019