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| Owlet Moth |
| MONA# |
| Family Noctuidae
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Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea
FAMILY: Noctuidae
SUBFAMILY: Oncocnemidinae
GENUS: Lepipolys perscripta
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General Species Description
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| IDENTIFICATION: |
| RANGE: east coast to Texas |
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FIELD NOTES: |
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| Coll. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) |
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| Locality & GPS coords |
| Boulevard, San Diego Co., CA (reared from ova) |
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| Elevation (ft) |
150 ' - 3796' |
| Habitat |
Lower Colorado Desert to Mountain Chaparral |
| Host Plant |
Snapdragon |
| Collector(s) |
Jennifer Bundy |
| Field observations |
gravid female (Lepipolys perscripta or Sympistis perscripta) to light- 7:45pm, 45F, 0 winds
| Other observations: |
| Jacumba Wilderness, Imperial Co.,CA (Ultimate stage larvae found) |
| Yuha Desert, Imperial Co., CA (reared from early stages), February 2011 |
| Sonora, Mexico (adults photographed), 3/9/2008 |
| Laguna Mts, San Diego, CA (adults), 5/3/2008 |
| Madera Canyon, AZ (adults & larvae), Spring 2012 |
| Yuma, Yuma Co., AZ (Adults & larvae), Spring 2012 |
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| Ecology Notes |
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| HABITAT |
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Habitat: chaparral |
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| HOST |
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Plant |
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REARING / LAB NOTES: |
| Voucher No. |
001JLB12 |
| Found as |
ova from gravid female |
| Food plant used |
Sairocarpus nuttallianus (Nuttall's Snapdragon), * this plant was found in Yuma Gila Mountains and used in a desperate attempt to rear larvae in Yuma, AZ. They fed on S. nuttallianus, then I moved them over to Mohavea confertiflora (Desert Ghost Flower) during 3rd instar. I had no problems moving this species from one snap dragon species to another. |
| Voucher fate |
pre-pupal |
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| Morphology Notes (ovum, larva, pupa, adult) |
| Ovum- white/ribbed |
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| Behavior notes (ovum, larva, pupa, adult) |
| - Gravid female posted ova without problem in plastic vial. |
| - because host plant was unavailable, I searched the local Yuma, AZ foothills for any species of snapdragon. Only finding Sairocarpus nuttallianus, I moved all eclosing larvae to the plant - some fed and some did not. 1st instar larval only fed on flower parts. By end of 3rd instar, larvae were moved to Mohavea confertiflora (Desert Ghost Flower) without a problem. |
| Beginning with 1st instar, larvae wiggle head like Lepipolys sp.2. |
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| Parasitoids |
None observed |
| Para. lep voucher- Para. species- Para. voucher #- |
N/A |
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| 1st instar |
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1st instar |
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| 2nd instar |
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2nd instar |
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| 3rd instar |
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3rd instar |
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| 4th instar (no image) |
| Penultimate stage |
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Penultimate stage, lateral |
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| Ultimate stage |
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Ultimate stage, lateral |
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| Head shot |
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Ultimate stage, head |
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| Adult |
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Adult, female (mother) |
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