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Lineostriastiria hachita (Barnes, 1904)

 

MONA# 9758

Family: Noctuidae

 

 
Lineostriastiria hachita
ATTRIBUTES IN GENERAL
Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea
FAMILY: Noctuidae
SUBFAMILY: Amphipyrinae
TRIBE: Stiriini

Lineostriastiria hachita

General Species Description
ADULT IDENTIFICATION & WINGSPAN:
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References:
Life History Study

FIELD NOTES for Lineostriastiria hachita:

Coll. Dates (mm/dd/yyyy)
August 2010
Locality & GPS coords
nr. Portal, Cochise Co., AZ
Elevation (ft)
 
Habitat
Arizona Upland, subdivision of the Sonoran Desert
Host Plant
Bahia absinthifolia (Desert Bahia)
Collector(s)
J. Bundy
Field Notes & Observations:
Summer 2010 Adults arrived to blacklight in good numbers, mm 4, Foothills Rd, Portal, AZ
 
August 2010 Returned to same locality, two weeks later, and found the larvae on flower tops, feeding during mid afternoon.
Other nearby larval species found include Schinia bina and Basilodes chrysopis.
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HABITAT
Habitat (no image)
 
HOST
Lineostriastiria hachita host plant
Bahia absinthifolia (Desert Bahia)

REARING / LAB NOTES for Lineostriastiria hachita:

Voucher No.
JLB2010
Found as
larvae
Food plant used Bahia absinthifolia (Desert Bahia)

Voucher fate
eclosed October 4, 2010
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Parasitoids (yes/no) No
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Larva
Lineostriastiria hachita early instar
early instar on host, August 2010, Cochise Co., AZ
 
Larva
early instar on host, August 2010, Cochise Co., AZ
 
Larva
L. hachita Ultimate stage
5th Instar feeding on desert bahia, near Portal, AZ, August 28, 2010
 
Larva
5th Instar feeding on desert bahia, near Portal, AZ, August 28, 2010
 
Pupae
L. hachita pupa
Pre-eclosion pupae, October 2010, Cochise Co., AZ
 
Adult
Lineostriastiria hachita adult
Reared adult, October 2010, Cochise Co., AZ