Monteverde : Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest

Appendix 5

Host Plants of Selected Cercopoidea from Monteverde

Daniel C. Peck

Plant determinations were made by William A. Haber.

Species Nymph Adult Host Family Host Species

Clastopteridae

Clastoptera sp.

Aphrophoridae

Cephisus siccifolius

Cercopidae

Mahanarva costaricensi

Iphirhina quota

Prosapia sp. near bicincta

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Rubiaceae

Verbenaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Rutaceae

Solanaceae

Heliconiaceae

Marantaceae

Acanthaceae

Boraginaceae

Piperaceae

Piperaceae

Piperaceae

Piperaceae

Aquifoliaceae

Cyperaceae

Cyperaceae

Poaceae

Poaceae

Poaceae

Poaceae

Poaceae

Poaceae

Poaceae

Poaceae

Spermacoce assurgens

Verbena litoralis

Croton sp.

Zanthoxylum insulare

Acnistus arborescens

Heliconia tortuosa

Calathea sp.

Justicia oerstedii

Bourreria costaricensis

Piper amalago

Piper auritum

Piper sp.

Pothomorphe umbellata

Ilex haberi

Kyllinga brevifolia

Kyllinga sp.

Cynodon nlemfuensis

Digitaria abyssinica

Ichnathus nemorosus

Lasiacis sp.

Paspalum conjugation

Pennisetum clandestinum

Pennisetum purpureum

Sporobolus spp.