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Schinia luxa (Grote, 1881) |
| Flower Moth |
| MONA# 11203 |
| Family: Noctuidae
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Attributes in General |
Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidae
FAMILY: Noctuidae
SUBFAMILY: Heliothinae
Schinia luxa
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General Species Description
| ADULT IDENTIFICATION & WINGSPAN: |
| ADULT FOOD: |
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| LARVAL IDENTIFICATION & LENGTH: |
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FIELD NOTES: |
| Coll. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) |
November 2008 (Yuma, AZ)
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| July 2010 (Brown Cyn, AZ) |
| August 2010 (Portal, AZ) |
| August 2011 - (Copper Cyn, AZ) reared from ova to adult |
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| Locality & GPS coords |
| Yuma, Yuma Co., AZ (adult) |
| Brown Canyon, Pima Co., AZ (ova coll.) |
| Portal, Cochise Co., AZ (ova coll.) |
| Copper Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ (ova coll.) |
| Madera Canyon, Pima Co., AZ (ova coll.) |
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| Habitat |
| from Lower Colorado Desert on up to Arizona Uplands |
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| Collector(s) |
Jennifer Bundy |
Field observations:
| July 2010 |
- Collecting gravid females from field, I had no problems getting the female to post ova in a vial, therefore I do not believe species posts ova within a flower bud. Ovum texture suggests that egg is posted outside of flower. |
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- per internet resources, the species is suppose to feed on Mentzelia, however the 1st instar larvae rejected several species of Mentzelia to include species found in habitat. I located several different Mentzelia species - from Yuma, AZ to Portal, AZ- but larvae rejected all plants. |
| August 2011 |
- tried Croton during summer 2011 with no success. |
| August 2011 |
- successfully reared larvae, from ovum to adult. |
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| Ecology Notes:
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| HABITAT |
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| HOST |
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REARING / LAB NOTES: |
| Voucher No. |
00000 |
| Found as |
ova taken from gravid female |
| Food plant used |
larvae feed on snap peas with no problem, from 1st instar to ultimate stage. |
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(eclosion date: Sept 2011, Yuma, AZ) |
Morphology Notes:
| Ovum: |
Texture and shape of S. luxa ova similar to Schinia species that post eggs externally. |
| Larvae: |
- Brown color morph. Ultimate instar, from same egg clutch and reared on snap peas
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Behavior notes:
| Ovum: |
Adult does not need host to post ova, therefore ova are not inserted into host during ovipostion. |
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| Cocoon: |
none |
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Parasitoids:
| Para. lep voucher: |
N/A |
| Para. species: |
none observed |
| Para. voucher #: |
N/A |
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| Ova |
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| ova, developed |
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| 1st instar |
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| 1st instar newly emerged |
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| 2nd instar |
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| 2nd instar, mature |
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| 3rd instar |
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| 4th instar |
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| 4th instar feeding |
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| 5th instar |
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| 5th instar showing brilliant colors |
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