Selenicereus costaricensis, synonym Hylocereus costaricensis, known as the Costa Rican pitahaya or Costa Rica nightblooming cactus, is a cactus species native to Central America and north-eastern South America. The species is grown commercially for its fruit, called pitaya or pitahaya, but is also an impressive ornamental vine with huge flowers. The species may not be distinct from Selenicereus monacanthus.
A pitaya or pitahaya is the fruit of several different cactus species indigenous to the region of southern Mexico and along the Pacific coasts of Guatemala, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Pitaya is cultivated in East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the United States, the Caribbean, Australia, and throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
The Costa Rican brushfinch or grey-striped brushfinch is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae. It lives in the undergrowth of humid forest, especially near the edges, at altitudes of 300 to 1,200 metres in Panama and Costa Rica.
Blabia is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Blabia cristulata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 1995. It is known from Colombia and Ecuador.
Blabia epicharis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 1995. It is known from Peru.
Blabia ferina is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 1995. It is known from Colombia.
Blabia galba is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 1995. It is known from Ecuador.
Blabia gemma is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 1995. It is known from Colombia.
Blabia magdalena is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 1995. It is known from Colombia.
Blabia bicolor is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 2005. It is known from Colombia.
Blabia banga is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 1998. It is known from Ecuador.
Blabia longipennis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 2003. It is known from Colombia.
Blabia bicuspis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Henry Walter Bates in 1866. It is known from Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador.
Blabia bituberosa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1940. It is known from Colombia.
Blabia colobotheoides is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Thomson in 1864. It is known from Colombia and Peru.
Blabia masoni is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1927. It is known from Colombia.
Blabia meinerti is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1900. It is known from Colombia and Venezuela.
Blabia strandiella is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1943. It is known from Peru.
Blabia truncata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1940. It is known from Colombia and Ecuador.
