| Return: HOME >> SPECIES LIST >> SOUTHWEST MOTHS
|
Harrisina metallica (Stretch, 1885 ) |
Grapeleaf Skeletonizer |
MONA# 4623 |
Family:
Zygaenidae
|
| |
|
 |
|
| ATTRIBUTES IN GENERAL |
Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Zygaenoidea
FAMILY: Zygaenidae
Harrisina metallica
|
General Species Description
| ADULT IDENTIFICATION & WINGSPAN: |
| ADULT FOOD: |
| SPECIES RANGE: |
| ADULT FLIGHT TIME: |
| HABITAT: |
| LARVAL IDENTIFICATION & LENGTH: |
| LARVAL HOST: |
| LARVAL EMERGENCE (TIME/SEASON): |
| References: |
|
|
 |
FIELD NOTES for Harrisina metallica: |
| Coll. Dates (mm/dd/yyyy) |
| August 2008, August-October 2011 |
|
| Locality & GPS coords |
| Brown Cyn, Baboquivara Mts, AZ |
| Garden Cyn, Huachuca Mts, AZ |
| Sycamore Cyn, AZ |
| Copper Cyn, Huachuca Mts, AZ |
| Molino Basin, Catalina Mts, AZ |
|
| Elevation (ft) |
|
| Habitat |
|
| Host Plant |
|
| Collector(s) |
| Jennifer Bundy (Brown Canyon, AZ - 2008) |
| Jennifer Bundy, Dave Wagner (Sycamore Cyn, AZ- 2011) |
|
| Field Notes & Observations:
|
| Ecology Notes:
|
|
| HABITAT |
 |
| Brown Cyn, Baboquivara Mts, AZ |
|
|
| |
|
| HOST |
 |
| Vitis arizonica |
|
|
|
REARING / LAB NOTES for Harrisina metallica: |
| Voucher No. |
| JLB2008; JLB2011 |
| Note: 20+ early stage larvae donated to Dave Wagner/UConn - rearing results unknown (August 2011- Sycamore Cyn, AZ) |
|
| Found as |
|
| Food plant used |
Vitis arizonica |
| Voucher fate |
|
| Number of days (1st-Ultimate instar) |
|
| Number of days (prepupa) |
|
| Number of days (pupa to eclosion) |
|
Morphology Notes:
| Ovum: |
|
| Larvae: |
|
| Pupa: |
|
| Cocoon: |
|
| Adult: |
|
|
Behavior notes:
| Ovum: |
|
| Larvae: |
|
| Pupa: |
|
| Cocoon: |
|
| Adult: |
|
|
Parasitoids:
| Parasitoids (yes/no) |
yes |
| Para. lep voucher: |
|
| Para. species: |
|
| Para. voucher #: |
|
|
| |
|
| Larva |
 |
| Ultimate stage |
|
|
| |
| Cocoon |
 |
| cocoon with pupal casing in post-eclosion position |
|
|
| |
| Pupa |
 |
| dorsal |
|
|
| |
| Pupa |
 |
| lateral |
|
|
|
| |
| Adult |
 |
| Adult, eclosion Fall 2011 |
|
|
| |
|
