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Noctuidae sp.3

Owlet Moth
MONA#
Family: Noctuidae

 

   
 
Attributes in General
Classification

KINGDOM: Animalia

PHYLUM: Arthropoda

CLASS: Insecta

ORDER: Lepidoptera

SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea

FAMILY: ?

 

General Species Description
ADULT IDENTIFICATION & WINGSPAN:
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FIELD NOTES:

Coll. Date (mm/dd/yyyy)
January 2012
Locality & GPS coords
Jacumba Mts, Imperial Co., CA
Elevation (ft)
2954'
Habitat
Lower Colorado Desert
Host Plant Ericameria sp., Asteraceae Family
Collector(s) Jennifer Bundy
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HABITAT
Jacumba Mts, Imperial Co., CA
HOST
Need image

REARING / LAB NOTES:

Voucher No. 033JLB2012
Found as mid and late instar larvae
Food plant used host cuttings from field
Voucher fate
 
Number of days (1st-Ultimate instar)  
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Number of days (pupa to eclosion) (eclosion, 1st specimen, 26Mar2012)
Morphology Notes:
Ovum: N/A
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Behavior notes:
Ovum: N/A
Larvae:  
Pupa: no diapause, developes immediately and adult emerged a few weeks after pupation.
Cocoon:  
Adult:  
Parasitoids:
Para. lep voucher: N/A
Para. species: None Observed
Para. voucher #: N/A
Larva
Ultimate stage, lateral
 
Adult
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