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| Family Noctuidae |
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Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Oncocnemidinae
FAMILY: Noctuidae - Owlet Moths
SUBFAMILY: Cuculliinae
Lepipolys sp. 2
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General Species Description
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FIELD NOTES: |
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| Coll. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) |
August 27, 2011 (Cochise Co., AZ)
October 2011 (Mohave Co., AZ) |
| Locality & GPS coords |
| Bisbee, Cochise Co., AZ |
| Hualapai Mts, Kingman, Mohave Co., AZ |
| Madera Canyon, AZ |
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| Elevation (ft) |
| 5352' (Cochise Co,AZ) |
| 4969' (Mohave Co, AZ) |
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| Habitat |
Oak woodlands, N.W. Arizona, S.E. Arizona (Arizona Uplands)
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| Host Plant |
Maurandya antirrhiniflora (Snapdragon Vine)
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| Collector(s) |
Jennifer Bundy |
| Field observations |
From Cochise County to Mohave Co., I observed larvae on same host plant - Maurandya antirrhiniflora.
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| Ecology Notes |
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Kingman, AZ (Hualapai Mts) |
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REARING / LAB NOTES: |
| Voucher No. |
005JLB2012 |
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larvae early stages and late stages in Kingman, AZ |
| Food plant used |
Maurandya antirrhiniflora cuttings from field
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| Voucher fate |
| Mohave Co., pinned specimen |
| Cochise Co., emerged fall 2011 |
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| Number of days (pupa to eclosion) |
Cochise Co. specimens eclosed, Oct 2011, Mohave Co., AZ specimen eclosed Feb 5, 2012
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| Morphology Notes (ovum, larva, pupa, adult) |
| larvae patterns/color same during last 3 instars, which is different from Lepipolys perscripta. |
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| Behavior notes (ovum, larva, pupa, adult) |
Cochis Co., AZ specimen pupated underground without cocoon.
Mohave Co.,AZ specimens pupated underground, within sealed cocoon capsule.
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Mohave Co., AZ- larva creates cocoon chamber underground for pupation. Cocoon form is support by larval secretion. This secretion is either to lock in moisture/lock out dry conditions, or secretion possibly contains plant iridoids to protect pupa from predators. Cocoon is same type structure Lepipolys perscripta makes in the lower Colorado Desert of Imperial Co., CA.
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larva wiggles its head like Lepipolys perscripta. Also, larva wiggles its tail during release of frass.
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| Parasitoids |
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1 larva parasitized (Hualapai Mts, AZ)
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| wasp larva exiting caterpillar side |
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| wasp larva spinning cocoon |
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| Penultimate stage |
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lateral (005JLB2012) |
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| Ultimate stage |
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lateral |
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| Ultimate stage |
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Head cap and anal plate similarities |
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| Cocoon |
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Cocoon structure with pupa inside |
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| Pupa |
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Pupa, dorsal |
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| Adult |
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Adult, eclosed 5 Feb 2012 |
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