First record of the association of a species of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) with Zornia latifolia Sm. (Fabaceae), and its parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) in Brazil

Suianne Oliveira dos Santos Cajé; Jefferson Duarte de Melo; Erlande Lins da Silva; Iracilda Maria de Moura Lima

doi:10.12741/ebrasilis.v13.e916

Authors

Suianne Oliveira dos Santos Cajé Laboratório de Bioecologia de Insetos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4558-4551
Jefferson Duarte de Melo Laboratório de Bioecologia de Insetos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0268-279X
Erlande Lins da Silva Herbário MAC, Instituto do Meio Ambiente do Estado de Alagoas (IMA-AL) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9967-9524
Iracilda Maria de Moura Lima Laboratório de Bioecologia de Insetos, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Alagoas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4127-5935

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v13.e916

Keywords:

Bioecology, Insect-plant interactions, Neotropical region, Parasitoidism

Abstract

The family Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) comprises over 6,000 described and widely distributed species. However, studies on interactions with other insects such as ants, parasitoids, and with food plants in the Neotropical region, are still scarce, even though such information are fundamental for better understanding the natural history of this taxonomic group. This study reports a new food plant to larvae of Lycaenidae species in the neotropics, as well as its parasitoid. A Lycaenidae larva was found and collected for immature stage observation under laboratory conditions. The larva fed on petals and seeds of Zornia latifolia Sm. (Fabaceae). Nineteen days after pupation in laboratory a larvipupal parasitoid of the genus Conura (Chalcididae) had egressed. This is the first report of tritrophic relationship amongst Z. latifolia, a Lycaenidae larva and its larvipupal parasitoid of the genus Conura in a periurban area near remnants of the Atlantic Forest, in Northeastern Brazil.

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