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Acontia sp.1

Bird-dropping Moths

MONA#

Family: Noctuidae

 

 
Ponometia sp.1
ATTRIBUTES IN GENERAL
Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea
FAMILY: Noctuidae
SUBFAMILY: Acontiinae

 

General Species Description
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References:
Life History Study

FIELD NOTES for Acontia sp.1:

Coll. Dates (mm/dd/yyyy)
March 2012
Locality & GPS coords
Yuma County, Arizona
Elevation (ft)
 
Habitat
Sonoran Desert
Host Plant
Sphaeralcea sp.
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Collector(s)
J. Bundy
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HABITAT
High Tanks, Yuma Co., AZ
 
HOST
Apricot globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua)

REARING / LAB NOTES for Acontia sp.1:

Voucher No.
000JLB2012
Found as
larva
Food plant used host from habitat
Voucher fate
currently rearing
Number of days (1st-Ultimate instar) 0
Number of days (prepupa) 0
Number of days (pupa to eclosion) 0
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Parasitoids:
Parasitoids (yes/no) Yes
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Larva
Ultimate stage, Lateral
 
Larva
Ultimate stage, dorsal
 
Head
Ultimate stage, head