A sloth moth is a coprophagous moth which has evolved to exclusively inhabit the fur of sloths and to use sloth dung as a substrate for the early stages of reproduction. Sloth moths include Bradypodicola hahneli, Cryptoses choloepi, Cryptoses waagei, Cryptoses rufipictus, and Bradypophila garbei. Sloth moths are thought to get nutrients from the secretions of the sloths' skin and the algae present on the fur, as well as protection from avian predators.
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| - A sloth moth is a coprophagous moth which has evolved to exclusively inhabit the fur of sloths and to use sloth dung as a substrate for the early stages of reproduction. Sloth moths include Bradypodicola hahneli, Cryptoses choloepi, Cryptoses waagei, Cryptoses rufipictus, and Bradypophila garbei. Sloth moths are thought to get nutrients from the secretions of the sloths' skin and the algae present on the fur, as well as protection from avian predators. (en)
- Uma mariposa-das-preguiças é uma mariposa coprófaga que evoluiu para habitar exclusivamente o pelo das preguiças e usar suas fezes como substrato para os estágios iniciais de reprodução. São um dos tipos de artrópodes associados aos bichos-preguiça. As mariposas-das-preguiças incluem Bradypodicola hahneli, Cryptoses choloepi, Cryptoses waagei, Cryptoses rufipictus, e Bradypophila garbei . (pt)
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| - A sloth moth is a coprophagous moth which has evolved to exclusively inhabit the fur of sloths and to use sloth dung as a substrate for the early stages of reproduction. Sloth moths include Bradypodicola hahneli, Cryptoses choloepi, Cryptoses waagei, Cryptoses rufipictus, and Bradypophila garbei. Certain lepidopteran moths of the snout moth family Pyralidae (namely subfamily Chrysauginae) have evolved to inhabit sloth fur exclusively. Typically, sloth moths follow a life-style broadly on the lines of Cryptoses choloepi, a moth in the snout moth family that lives exclusively in the fur of the brown three-toed sloth Bradypus variegatus infuscatus. Adult female moths leave the fur of the sloth to lay eggs in the sloth droppings when the sloth descends, once a week, to the forest floor to defecate. The larvae of Cryptoses choloepi live in the dung and newly emerged moths later fly from the dung pile into the forest canopy to find a host sloth. Chrysaugine moths, such as Cryptoses spp., spend their lives as adults in the fur of sloths, particularly the three-toed species, except when the sloths descend to defecate and females fly to the sloth dung to oviposit. An imbalance in population sex ratios favouring males has been noticed and surmised as female moths not making it back to host sloths after ovipositing. Sloth moths are thought to get nutrients from the secretions of the sloths' skin and the algae present on the fur, as well as protection from avian predators. Some individual three-toed sloths have been recorded carrying more than 120 moths in their fur. Two-toed sloths are recorded as harbouring lower populations. Several different moth species may coexist on the same host animal. (en)
- Uma mariposa-das-preguiças é uma mariposa coprófaga que evoluiu para habitar exclusivamente o pelo das preguiças e usar suas fezes como substrato para os estágios iniciais de reprodução. São um dos tipos de artrópodes associados aos bichos-preguiça. As mariposas-das-preguiças incluem Bradypodicola hahneli, Cryptoses choloepi, Cryptoses waagei, Cryptoses rufipictus, e Bradypophila garbei . Certas mariposas da família Pyralidae (sobretudo as da subfamília Chrysauginae) evoluíram para viver exclusivamente no pelo da preguiça. Normalmente, as fêmeas adultas das mariposas-das-preguiças adultas o pelo da preguiça para colocar seus ovos em seus excrementos quando esta desce ao solo da floresta para defecar uma vez por semana. As larvas de Cryptoses choloepi vivem no esterco e mariposas recém-emergidas voam mais tarde da pilha de esterco para o dossel da floresta para encontrar uma nova preguiça hospedeira. As mariposas Chrysauginae, como Cryptoses spp., só saem das preguiças quando elas descem para defecar, voando para o esterco da preguiça para ovipositar. Um desequilíbrio nas proporções sexuais da população favorecendo os machos foi notado e presumiu-se que as mariposas fêmeas não voltam para as preguiças hospedeiras após a oviposição. Alguns indivíduos de preguiças-de-três-dedos foram registradas carregando mais de 120 mariposas em seu pelo. Preguiças-de-dois-dedos abrigam populações mais baixas. Várias espécies diferentes de mariposas podem coexistir no mesmo animal. (pt)
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