| Pseudoscada erruca | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoscada |
| Species: | P. erruca |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoscada erruca (Hewitson, 1855) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Pseudoscada erruca is a South-American species of brush-footed butterfly in the Godyridina subtribe of Ithomiini. [2] It was described in 1855 by William Chapman Hewitson as Ithomia erruca. [1] [3]
The type locality of Pseudoscada erruca is Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. [1] [3] It also occurs in other parts of Brazil, such as Pernambuco, [4] and in Argentina. [1]
Pseudoscada erruca occurs in humid habitats with a permanent presence of water. [4] Research in 2009 on the frequency of occurrence of species in tribe Ithomiini in old-growth tropical forest versus nearby fragmented landscapes [lower-alpha 1] found that the presence of P. erruca was more frequent in the latter than the former. [5]
Females deposit individual eggs on the underside of leaves of Sessea brasiliensis and less commonly Cestrum spp., with a preference for plants at a height between 1 and 1.5 m in shaded spots. [2] Larvae feed from the leaves of the plant on which they hatch, generally developing better on S. brasiliensis than on Cestrum species. [2] Adults drink nectar, with a preference for the flowers of Rubus rosaefolius . [6] Adults of P. erruca are on wing in both dry and rainy seasons. [4]
Pseudoscapa erruca is host to multiple species of parasitoid wasps, with at least one species each from genera Telenomus , Trichogramma , Diadegma and Mesochorus . [2] It has also been found parasitized by a tachinid fly species. [2]
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