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Tarache idella (Barnes, 1905)

 

MONA# 9120

Family: Noctuidae

 

 
Tarache idella
ATTRIBUTES IN GENERAL
Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea
FAMILY: Noctuidae
SUBFAMILY: Acontiinae
TRIBE: Acontiini
Tarache idella

 

 

General Species Description
ADULT IDENTIFICATION & WINGSPAN:
ADULT FOOD:
SPECIES RANGE:
ADULT FLIGHT TIME:
HABITAT:
LARVAL IDENTIFICATION & LENGTH:
LARVAL HOST:
LARVAL EMERGENCE (TIME/SEASON):
References:
Life History Study

FIELD NOTES for Tarache idella:

Coll. Dates (mm/dd/yyyy)
August 2, 2012
Locality & GPS coords
Brown Cyn, Baboquivara Mts, Pima Co., AZ
Elevation (ft)
4,000' elev
Habitat
Sonoran Desert
Host Plant
Abutilon mollicomum
Collector(s)
Jennifer Bundy
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HABITAT
 
 
HOST
Abutilon mollicomum

REARING / LAB NOTES for Tarache idella:

Voucher No.
121JLB2012
Found as
early to late instar
Food plant used Abutilon mollicomum
Voucher fate
pinned adults (eclosion August 17, 2012)
Number of days (1st-Ultimate instar)  
Number of days (prepupa)  
Number of days (pupa to eclosion) 10 days
Morphology Notes:
Ovum: N/A
Larvae:  
Pupa:  
Cocoon:  
Adult:  
Behavior notes:
Ovum: N/A
Larvae:  
Pupa:  
Cocoon:  
Adult:  
Parasitoids:
Parasitoids (yes/no) No
Para. lep voucher: N/A
Para. species: N/A
Para. voucher #: N/A
adult, eclosed 8/17/12
Larva
Early stage
 
Larva
Ultimate stage on host
 
Larva
Ultimate stage, dorsal
 
Larva
Pre-pupal larva showing typical Acontiinae color transition before pupation
 
Pupa
Dorsal image of pupa
 
Adult
Adult, eclosed August 17, 2012