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Drasteria ochracea (Behr, 1870)

 

MONA# 8626

Family: Erebidae

 

 
Drasteria ochracea
ATTRIBUTES IN GENERAL
Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea
FAMILY: Erebidae
SUBFAMILY: Phytometrinae

Drasteria ochracea

 

 

General Species Description
ADULT IDENTIFICATION & WINGSPAN:
ADULT FOOD:
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References:
Life History Study

FIELD NOTES for Drasteria ochracea:

Coll. Dates (mm/dd/yyyy)
Spring 2012
Locality & GPS coords
Laguna Mts., San Diego Co., CA
Elevation (ft)
3200'
Habitat
Chaparral
Host Plant
Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea
Collector(s)
Jennifer Bundy
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HABITAT
Chaparral (Laguna Mts., San Diego Co., CA)
 
HOST
Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (need image)

REARING / LAB NOTES for Drasteria ochracea:

Voucher No.
112JLB2012
Found as
Ultimate stage larva
Food plant used Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea
Voucher fate
eclosion - July 2012
Number of days (1st-Ultimate instar) N/A
Number of days (prepupa) ---
Number of days (pupa to eclosion) 20 days
Morphology Notes:
Ovum: ----
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Cocoon:  
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Ovum: ----
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Parasitoids:
Parasitoids (yes/no) No
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Larva
Ultimate stage larva
 
Head
Drasteria ochracea head
Ultimate stage head shot
 
Adult