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.
Alfaroa costaricensis, also known as campano chile, chiciscua, gaulin, gavilán Colorado, or gavilancillo, is nut bearing timber tree in the Juglandaceae family. It is native to the Neotropics, from Mexico, through Central America to Colombia.
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.
Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a species of parasitic nematode and is the causative agent of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in humans. It occurs in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Hesperocharis costaricensis, the pallid tilewhite or Costa Rican white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Mexico, through Central America to Venezuela.
Estoloides is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae.
Estoloides annulicornis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1940. It is known from French Guiana.
Estoloides longicornis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1940. It is known from Costa Rica and Panama.
Estoloides reflexa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1940. It is known from Venezuela.
Estoloides rufipes is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1940. It is known from Brazil.
Estoloides strandiella is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1940. It is known from Costa Rica and Honduras.
Estoloides alboscutellaris is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1943. It is known from Ecuador and French Guiana.
Estoloides venezuelensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1942. It is known from Venezuela, from which its species epithet is derived.
Estoloides basigranulata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1943. It is known from Mexico.
Estoloides fulvitarsis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Bates in 1885. It is known from Costa Rica and Panama.
Estoloides perforata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Henry Walter Bates in 1872. It is known from Curaçao, Mexico, Trinidad, and Venezuela.
Estoloides bellefontanei is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Touroult in 2012.
Estoloides chamelae is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Chemsak and Noguera in 1993. It is known from Mexico.
Estoloides sparsa is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Linsley in 1942. It is known from Baja California.
