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| Cucullia sp.8 |
| Owlet Moths |
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Attributes in General |
Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea
FAMILY: Noctuidae
SUBFAMILY: Cuculliinae
GENUS: Cucullia
*possibly Cucullia heinrichi
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General Species Description
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FIELD NOTES: |
| Coll. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) |
| April 2, 2010; May 13, 2012 |
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| Collector(s) |
Jennifer Bundy |
Field observations:
| April 2010 |
During my April 2010 visit to the lower desert of Imperial Co., I collected a single Cucullia larva of this species, reared it through to adult, but never followed through with documenting the resulting species. |
| April 2011 |
returned to locality to re-collect larva, but with no success. Most of the host plant from 2010 was dead or missing. |
| May 13, 2012 |
was able to collect several specimens of the mystery Cucullia. Larvae found from early to late instars. Other larvae sharing the host plant in habitat: -Kodiosoma fluva and Schinia scarlatina. |
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- larvae very similar to Cucullia basipuncta that I have collected from western Arizona to eastern Arizona, therefore species possible Cucullia mcdunnoughi. |
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| Ecology Notes:
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| Desert dry washes |
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| Stephanomeria (Wire lettuce) |
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REARING / LAB NOTES: |
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early instar (April 2010); early and late instar (2012) |
| Food plant used |
host plant from habitat |
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Morphology Notes:
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Behavior notes:
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Parasitoids:
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No parasites observed |
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| Larva |
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| Early instar (April 2010), Imperial County, CA |
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