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Baptarma felicita |
Flower Moth |
MONA# 11061 |
Family Noctuidae |
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Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea
FAMILY: Noctuidae
SUBFAMILY: Heliothinae
Baptarma felicita
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General Species Description
| ADULT IDENTIFICATION & WINGSPAN: |
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| SPECIES RANGE: Colorado Desert of southern California northward to Mono County. Eastward to Cochise County, Arizona. |
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| References: |
- A Monograph to North American Heliothentinae, D. F. Hardwick, 1996
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FIELD NOTES for Baptarma felicita: |
| Coll. Dates (mm/dd/yyyy) |
| January 2012; February 2012 |
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| Habitat |
| Lower Colorado River valley of the Sonoran Desert |
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Field observations:
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I found moth sitting on flower at twilight (image at right). Forewing scales brilliant purple. Was able to grab moth by hand and toss into my backpack for duration of hike. Moth remained still during remaining hike & trip. Viable ovum was found on flower bud that moth was sitting on. Returning to field a week later, I witnessed a moth fly off a Phacelia crenulata flower. Scanning the flower I found 1 viable Baptarma ovum. |
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| Ecology Notes:
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| HABITAT |
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| Habitat: Gila Mts, Yuma, AZ |
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| HOST |
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| Host Plant: Phacelia crenulata with gravid female after oviposition of ovum 005JLB12, January 2012 |
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REARING / LAB NOTES for Baptarma felicita: |
| Voucher No. |
| 005JLB12 (Jan 2012) / 009JLB12 (Feb 2012) |
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| Found as |
| ovum (from gravid female perched on host plant) |
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| Food plant used |
Phacelia crenulata |
| Voucher fate |
| 005JLB12 (catapulted during photo shoot), 009JLB12 (currently rearing) |
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| Number of days (1st-Ultimate instar) |
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| Number of days (prepupa) |
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| Number of days (pupa to eclosion) |
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Morphology Notes:
| Ovum: |
textured and orange |
| Larvae: |
larva morphology/color resemble the stems of its host plant. (image: 4th instar) |
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Behavior notes:
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From oviposition to larval eclosion: 2 days |
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Parasitoids:
| Parasitoids (yes/no) |
none observed |
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