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Cobubatha dividua (Grote, 1879) |
Owlet Moth |
MONA# 9018 |
Family: Noctuidae |
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Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea
FAMILY: Noctuidae
SUBFAMILY: Eustrotiinae
Cobubatha dividua
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General Species Description
| ADULT IDENTIFICATION & WINGSPAN: FW 0.8-0.9 cm |
| ADULT FOOD: |
| SPECIES RANGE: southern California east to western Texas |
| ADULT FLIGHT TIME: March to October (Knudson & Bordelon, Texas) and January to November (per T. Mustelin, southern California) |
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| LARVAL IDENTIFICATION & LENGTH: |
| LARVAL HOST: Justicia californica |
| LARVAL EMERGENCE (TIME/SEASON): |
| References: |
- Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, Moths of Western North America; p. 280
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FIELD NOTES for Cobubatha dividua: |
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| Habitat |
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| Host Plant |
| Chuparosa (Justicia californica), Family: Acanthaceae |
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Field observations:
| Ova |
I found ova on new plant growth - new flower buds from winter rains. Therefore, adult flight occured January to early February. Because ova delveloped with larvae emerging mid February, then adults emerging mid March, it is possible that this species produces more than one generation in a year. |
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| Ecology Notes:
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| HABITAT |
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| High Tanks, Yuma Co., AZ |
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| HOST |
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| Chuparosa (Justicia californica) -- no image |
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REARING / LAB NOTES for Cobubatha dividua: |
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| Food plant used |
host cuttings from habitat |
| Voucher fate |
| adults began emerging March 23, 2012 |
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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:
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| Larvae: |
- body covered with raised points, each with a short seta
- color green and red transitions
- white subdorsal line
- anterior prolegs: A4, A5, A6, with A4 reduced
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Behavior notes:
| Ovum: |
ova are laid in batches and on newly developing flower buds of host |
| Larvae: |
larvae feed on developing flower buds of host |
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| Cocoon: |
preppupal larva constructs a partially sealed cocoon |
| Adult: |
adult inflated wings like other similar desest moths, sitting on floor and inflating wings straight up. |
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| Ova |
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| ova on host |
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| Ultimate Stage |
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| laterial |
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| Ultimate Stage |
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| Dorsal |
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| Ultimate Stage |
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| Head shot |
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| Adult |
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| Adult, eclosed 24 March 2012 |
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