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Chloraspilates sp.

* possibly Chloraspilates bicoloraria

MONA#

Family: Geometridae

 

 
 
ATTRIBUTES IN GENERAL
Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Geometroidea
FAMILY: Geometridae
SUBFAMILY: Ennominae
GENUS: Chloraspilates

 

General Species Description
ADULT IDENTIFICATION & WINGSPAN:
ADULT FOOD: currently documented as unknown. New life history documention
SPECIES RANGE:
ADULT FLIGHT TIME:
HABITAT:
LARVAL IDENTIFICATION & LENGTH:
LARVAL HOST:
LARVAL EMERGENCE (TIME/SEASON):
References:
Life History Study

FIELD NOTES for Chloraspilates sp.:

Coll. Dates (mm/dd/yyyy)
May 2011
Locality & GPS coords
southwest  Pima Co.,  AZ
Elevation (ft)
 
Habitat
Arizona Upland, subdivision of the Sonoran Desert
Canyon wash w/ scrub oak
Host Plant
Ceanothus
Collector(s)
Jennifer Bundy
Field Notes & Observations:
   
 
   
   
Ecology Notes:
Life History: currently, host plant has never been documented
   

 

 

 

HABITAT
Habitat details
 
HOST
 

REARING / LAB NOTES for Chloraspilates sp.:

Voucher No.
jlb2011
Found as
larvae
Food plant used cuttings from field
Voucher fate
adult emergence
Number of days (1st-Ultimate instar)  
Number of days (prepupa)  
Number of days (pupa to eclosion)  
Morphology Notes:
Ovum:  
Larvae:  
Pupa:  
Cocoon:  
Adult:  
Behavior notes:
Ovum:  
Larvae:  
Pupa:  
Cocoon:  
Adult: eclosion of adult: June 10, 2011; adults bi-colored
Parasitoids:
Parasitoids (yes/no) none observed
Para. lep voucher:  
Para. species:  
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Larva
Ultimate stage on host