Vol. 30 Núm. 2 (2014)
Artículos originales

Remarks on the daily rhythm of Lepidoptera in Simsia amplexicaulis (Cav.) (Asteraceae) in a cloud forest of Veracruz State, Mexico

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  • Fernando Hernández-Baz,
  • Jorge González,
  • Tomás Carmona Valdovinos,
  • Gerardo Castro Bobadilla
Fernando Hernández-Baz
Facultad de Biología-Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana. Circuito Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán s/n. C.P.91000. Zona Universitaria. Xalapa, Veracruz, México.
Jorge González
California State University, Fresno, Department of Plant Science, Fresno, California 93740-8033, USA (Research associate, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity)
Tomás Carmona Valdovinos
Facultad de Biología-Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana. Circuito Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán s/n. C.P.91000. Zona Universitaria. Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Gerardo Castro Bobadilla
Facultad de Biología-Xalapa, Universidad Veracruzana. Circuito Gonzalo Aguirre Beltrán s/n. C.P.91000. Zona Universitaria. Xalapa, Veracruz, México
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2014.302115

Publicado 20-08-2014

Cómo citar

Hernández-Baz, F., González, J., Carmona Valdovinos, T., & Castro Bobadilla, G. (2014). Remarks on the daily rhythm of Lepidoptera in Simsia amplexicaulis (Cav.) (Asteraceae) in a cloud forest of Veracruz State, Mexico. ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.), 30(2), 414–421. https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2014.302115

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Resumen

A total of 424 Lepidoptera specimens (256 males, 168 females) visiting flower patches of Simsia amplexicaulis were collected. They were found to belong to six families within three superfamilies representing a total of 23 species: Papilionoidea: Pieridae (2 species), Lycaenidae (1 species), Riodinidae (2 species), Nymphalidae (6 species); Hesperioidea: Hesperiidae (11 species); and Noctuoidea: Erebidae (1 species). The temporal distribution of these lepidopterans shows a peak of species visiting a patch of flowers between 12:00 and 13:00. Twenty five of the species (93%) were recorded during such activity hourly peak while only two species were found visiting the flowers during most of the day. Twenty species (74%) visited the flowers only once. As far as we know, this is the first time that Cuanopepla bella (Ctenuchidae) is reported visiting flowers of Simsia amplexicaulis.
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