Dochmioglene Smith03

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 : 22

Dochmioglene Smith03

Remarks.

Only parts of the reared adult are stored in a gelatin capsule. They are sufficient to place it in Dochmioglene , but there is not enough left to tell if this is the same as Dochmioglene crassa or another species. Since the host plant is different than that of Dochmioglene crassa and we cannot be sure it is the same, we here consider it as a second reared species of the genus in ACG, with the interim name of Dochmioglene Smith03.

Distribution.

Known only from the single specimen from ACG.

Food plant and biology.

One specimen, 09-SRNP-21528, was found feeding on the foliage of a rain forest fern, Blechnum occidentale L. ( Blechnaceae ).