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Acoloithus sp. 2

Leaf Skeletonizer

MONA#

Family: Zygaenidae

ATTRIBUTES IN GENERAL

Classification

KINGDOM: Animalia

PHYLUM: Arthropoda

CLASS: Insecta

ORDER: Lepidoptera

SUPERFAMILY: Zygaenoidea

FAMILY: Zygaenidae

General Species Description

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FIELD NOTES for Acoloithus sp. 2:

Coll. Dates (mm/dd/yyyy)

2011; 2012

Locality & GPS coords

Copper Canyon, Huchuca Mts, AZ

Elevation (ft)

6,000' elev

Habitat

Oak grasslands

Host Plant

Vitis arizonica

Collector(s)

Jennifer Bundy

Field Notes & Observations:

Larvae	Summer 2011- larvae were abundant and feeding alongside two other zygaenid species.
Larvae	Summer 2012- only found one larva at same locality.

Ecology Notes:

HABITAT

Copper Canyon, Huchuca Mts, AZ

HOST

Vitis arizonica

REARING / LAB NOTES for Acoloithus sp. 2:

Voucher No.

161JLB2011

Found as

early to ultimate stage larvae

Food plant used

Voucher fate

eclosed summer 2012

Number of days (1st-Ultimate instar)

Number of days (prepupa)

Number of days (pupa to eclosion)

Morphology Notes:

Ovum:
Larvae:	Length: 8-9 mm
Larvae:
Pupa:
Cocoon:
Adult:	Forewing length (

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Cocoon:
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Parasitoids:

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Larva

Penultimate Stage

Larva

Ultimate stage

Cocoon

Cocoon

Adult

Adult eclosion, summer 2012