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Euthyatira sp.

(nr. Euthyatira pudens)
Thyatirid Moth
MONA# 6240
Family Drepanidae (False Owlet Moths)

 

   
 

 

Classification

KINGDOM: Animalia

PHYLUM: Arthropoda

CLASS: Insecta

ORDER: Lepidoptera

SUPERFAMILY: Drepanoidea

FAMILY: Drepanidae

SUBFAMILY: Thyatirinae

TRIBE: Macrothyatirini

Euthyatira sp.

 

General Species Description
WINGSPAN:
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FIELD NOTES:

Coll. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) July 2011
Locality & GPS coords
Lost Lake, west of Crested Butte, Gunnison Co., CO
Elevation (ft) 9658'
Habitat Aspen/Pine
Host Plant Aspen
Collector(s) J. Bundy
Field observations larvae were found up in Aspen tree, roll up in aspen leaves
Notes If this is Euthyatira pudens, it is the first reported record for Colorado.

 

 

 

HABITAT
Gunnison National Forest, CO
HOST
 

REARING / LAB NOTES:

Voucher No. 00000
Found as larva
Food plant used aspen poplar
Voucher fate  
Number of days (1st-Ultimate instar) ---
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Morphology Notes (ovum, larva, pupa, adult)
eye spots on head capsule
Behavior notes (ovum, larva, pupa, adult)
larvae will remain stationary in rolled up host leaf when not feeding.
Parasitoids None observed
Para. lep voucher- Para. species- Para. voucher #- N/A
Ultimate stage
Lateral