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Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 43(2), 1989, 155
FEATURE PHOTO
Unusual moth pupa, Gonionota sp. (Oecophoridae), from Ecuador. It is covered with blunt projections and two lateral flanges, and is shown in dorsal view. It measures 10 mm high by 6 mm maximum width and was found upright and exposed on a leaf surface. It probably mimics an inedible object. Other Gonionota spp. (J. A. Powell 1973, Smith. Contr. Zool. 120, 302 pp.) and Hypertropha (I. F. B. Common 1980, Entomol. Scand. 11:17-31) share a similar mode of pupation. Photo taken with a Minolta X-570 and 80 PX ring flash on a 50 mm macrolens. Pupa collected in Ecuador, Pichincha Prov., Hotel Tinalandia, during the period 5-15 May 1988 by S. Passoa, on an undetermined shrub; adult emerged 19 May 1988.
Steven Passoa, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, 320 Morrill Hall, Urbana, Illinois 61801.