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Norape tenera |
Flannel Moth |
MONA# 4648 |
Family:
Megalopygidae
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Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Zygaenoidea
FAMILY: Megalopygidae
SUBFAMILY: Zygaenoidea
Norape tenera
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General Species Description
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FIELD NOTES for Norape tenera : |
| Coll. Dates (mm/dd/yyyy) |
| August 12, 2011 (Florida Cyn, Santa Rita Mts., AZ) |
| September 3, 2011 (Brown Cyn, Baboquivara Mts., Pima Co., AZ) |
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| Locality & GPS coords |
| Florida Canyon, AZ |
| Brown Canyon, AZ |
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| HABITAT |
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| Habitat: Oak woodland (Brown Canyon, AZ) |
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| HOST |
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| Host Plant: Acacia (Mimosa sp.) |
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REARING / LAB NOTES for Norape tenera : |
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| Food plant used |
Mimosa |
| Voucher fate |
| adult eclosion, July 10, 2012 |
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| Number of days (1st-Ultimate instar) |
(unknow, larvae collected during mid to late stages) |
| Number of days (prepupa) |
(days unknown -larval diapause occured all through winter while remaining within cocoon) |
| Number of days (pupa to eclosion) |
(unknown, because actual pupation date is unknow. Period between pupation and eclosion occurred somewhere between 30 days and 6 months) |
Morphology Notes:
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N/A |
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Behavior notes:
| Ovum: |
N/A |
| Larvae: |
larvae enter a pre-pupal diapause, within its cocooon all through the winter. Change in morphology and metabolism reduced (1st image to right). Larval head capsule retracted (2nd image to right). |
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| Pupa: |
pupation occured sometime during spring or summer. Zero change in humidity. Trigger would be photoperiod and/or temperature. No change in humidity during this period. |
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sealed |
| Adult: |
eclosion in lab triggered by photoperiod and/or temperature, not humidity/percip. |
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Parasitoids:
| Parasitoids (yes/no) |
no |
| Para. lep voucher: |
N/A |
| Para. species: |
N/A |
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N/A |
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| Larva |
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| Penultimate stage, on host plant |
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| Cocoon |
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| Cocoon with pre-eclosion adult |
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| Pupa |
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| Pupa with pre-eclosion adult |
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| Eclosion |
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| Adult eclosion showing pupal casing partially exposed from cocoon |
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| Adult |
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| Adult, eclosed July 10, 2012 |
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