Ptilia peleterii (Gray)

Smith, David R., Janzen, Daniel H. & Hallwachs, Winnie, 2013, Food plants and life histories of sawflies of the families Argidae and Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera) in Costa Rica, a supplement, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 35, pp. 17-31 : 21

Ptilia peleterii (Gray)

Schizocerus Peleterii Gray, 1831 in Gray 1831-1832: 403, pl. 66, fig. 1.

Ptilia peletieri : Smith 1992: 137.

Remarks.

This species was reared from Cnestidium rufescens Planch. ( Connaraceae ) in Panama, and the larva was described and biological notes given by Kimsey and Smith (1985). Ptilia occurs from Mexico to Brazil; seven species are known ( Smith 1992).

Distribution.

Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso); Colombia; Costa Rica; Guyana; Panama; Surinam; Trinidad and Tobago (both islands); Venezuela ( Smith 1992).

Food plant and biology.

One ACG specimen was reared (03-SRNP-20546), feeding on very young foliage of the rain forest woody vine Cnestidium rufescens , confirming the report by Kimsey and Smith (1985). A related species, Ptilia versicolor (Klug), feeds on Rourea glabra Kunth ( Connaraceae ) in ACG ( Smith and Janzen 2003a).