Larval Foodplants
This species is highly polyphagous, with most foodplants belonging to the Fabaceae (legume family):
Selected primary foodplants
- Fabaceae
- Inga: I. exalata, I. oerstediana, I. punctata, I. sapindoides, I. vera and probably others
- Lonchocarpus (see also below)
- Senna: Candle Bush (S. alata), S. cobanensis, S. hayesiana, S. pallida, S. papillosa, S. undulata and probably others
- Malvaceae
- Hampea appendiculata (but see below)
- Sapindaceae
- Cupania: C. glabra, C. guatemalensis and probably others
Selected secondary and accidental foodplants
- Capparaceae
- Capparis frondosa
- Fabaceae
- Canavalia brasiliensis
- Cassia: Golden Shower Tree (C. fistula), C. grandis and possibly others
- Centrosema (butterfly peas): C. macrocarpum, C. plumieri and possibly others
- Desmodium glabrum
- Dioclea: D. malacocarpa, D. violacea and possibly others
- Mucuna holtonii
- Piscidia carthagenensis
- Malvaceae
- Byttneria catalpaefolia
- Rhamnaceae
- Karwinskia calderoni
- Salicaceae
- Casearia sylvestris
- Styracaceae
- Styrax argenteus
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