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Chloraspilates sp. |
* possibly Chloraspilates bicoloraria |
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Family:
Geometridae
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ATTRIBUTES IN GENERAL |
Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Geometroidea
FAMILY: Geometridae
SUBFAMILY: Ennominae
GENUS: Chloraspilates
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General Species Description
ADULT IDENTIFICATION & WINGSPAN: |
ADULT FOOD: currently documented as unknown. New life history documention |
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FIELD NOTES for Chloraspilates sp.: |
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Habitat |
Arizona Upland, subdivision of the Sonoran Desert
Canyon wash w/ scrub oak |
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Ecology Notes:
Life History: |
currently, host plant has never been documented |
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HABITAT |
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REARING / LAB NOTES for Chloraspilates sp.: |
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Food plant used |
cuttings from field |
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Morphology Notes:
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Behavior notes:
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Adult: |
eclosion of adult: June 10, 2011; adults bi-colored |
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Parasitoids:
Parasitoids (yes/no) |
none observed |
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Larva |
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Ultimate stage on host |
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