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Kodiasoma fluva (Stretch, 1872)
 
MONA# 8167
Family: Erebidae

 
   
 
Attributes in General
Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Arctiinae
FAMILY: Erebidae
SUBFAMILY: Arctiinae
TRIBE: Arctiini
Subtribe: Phaegopterina
Kodiosoma fluva

 
General Species Description
ADULT IDENTIFICATION & WINGSPAN:
ADULT FOOD:
SPECIES RANGE:
ADULT FLIGHT TIME:
HABITAT:
LARVAL IDENTIFICATION & LENGTH:
LARVAL HOST:
LARVAL EMERGENCE (TIME/SEASON):
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FIELD NOTES:
Coll. Date (mm/dd/yyyy)
April 2012
Locality & GPS coords
Yuma County, AZ
Elevation (ft)
190'
Habitat
Lower Colorado Desert
Host Plant
Stephanomeria sp. (Wirelettuce)
Collector(s) J. Bundy
Field observations:
   
   
   
Ecology Notes:
   
   

 

 

 
HABITAT
Yuma dry desert wash
HOST
Stephanomeria sp. (Wirelettuce)

REARING / LAB NOTES:
Voucher No. 075JLB2012; 076JLB2012; 077JLB2012
Found as early & late instar
Food plant used cuttings from field
Voucher fate
eclosed adults(f1 pairing resulting in viable ova, 075JLB2012)
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: female emerged first in lab, then males on second day
Parasitoids:
Para. lep voucher:  
Para. species:  
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Ova
Viable ova on hostplant (075JLB2012)
 
Larva
1st instar (075JLB2012)
 
Larva
2nd instar (075JLB2012)
 
Larva
 
 
Larva
Ultimate stage, on host
 
Pupa
Pupae, female (left) & male (right)
 
Eclosion Cocoon
Eclosion cocoon construction
 
Adults
Eclosion explosion
 
Adults
 
 
Larval Diapause Cocoon
Larval Diapause Cocoon
 
Text and images copyright Jennifer L. Bundy, Created: 2007 , Updated: 8 May 2012