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Psamatodes everiata (Guenée, [1858])

(Macaria errata)

MONA# 6333

Family: Geometridae

 

 
Psamatodes everiata
ATTRIBUTES IN GENERAL
Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY:
FAMILY: Geometridae
 
General Species Description
ADULT IDENTIFICATION & WINGSPAN:
ADULT FOOD:
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References:
Life History Study

FIELD NOTES for Psamatodes everiata:

Coll. Dates (mm/dd/yyyy)
May 22, 2011
Locality & GPS coords
Southwest Pima Co.,  AZ
Elevation (ft)
 
Habitat
Arizona Upland, subdivision of the Sonoran Desert
(Canyon wash w/ scrub oak)
Host Plant
Dodonaea viscosa (Hop Bush)
Sapindacea Family
Collector(s)
Jennifer Bundy
Field Notes & Observations:
Larvae - larvae cryptic on host and abundant.
 
   
   
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HABITAT
Habitat (Southwest Pima County)
 
HOST
Host Plant (no image)

REARING / LAB NOTES for Psamatodes everiata:

Voucher No.
---JLB2011
Found as
larvae
Food plant used Dodonaea viscosa
Voucher fate
1 pinned adult
Number of days (1st-Ultimate instar)  
Number of days (prepupa)  
Number of days (pupa to eclosion) May 2011 (pupation); June 11, 2011
Morphology Notes:
Ovum:  
Larvae: -larva cryptic on leaf of host
Pupa:  
Cocoon:  
Adult:  
Behavior notes:
Ovum:  
Larvae: - larva cryptic on leaf of host
Pupa: - development began immediately after pupation, followed by adult eclosion
Cocoon:  
Adult:  
Parasitoids:
Parasitoids (yes/no) None observed
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Para. species:  
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Larva
Ultimate stage
 
Larva
Ultimate stage
 
Adult
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