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                Tarache idella (Barnes, 1905) | 
                 
              
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                MONA# 9120 | 
                 
              
                Family: 
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          Classification 
          
            
              KINGDOM: Animalia
              
                PHYLUM: Arthropoda
                
                  CLASS: Insecta
                  
                    ORDER: Lepidoptera
                    
                      SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea
                      
                        FAMILY: Noctuidae
                        
                          SUBFAMILY: Acontiinae
                          
                            TRIBE: Acontiini
                              Tarache idella                              
                              
                           
                         
                          
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
 
           
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          General Species Description 
          
            
              
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         FIELD NOTES for Tarache idella: | 
      
      
        
          
            | Coll. Dates (mm/dd/yyyy) | 
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            | Locality & GPS coords | 
            
              
                | Brown Cyn, Baboquivara Mts, Pima Co., AZ | 
               
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                    | Abutilon mollicomum | 
                   
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        REARING / LAB NOTES for Tarache idella: | 
      
      
        
          
            | Voucher No. | 
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            | Found as | 
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            | Food plant used | 
            Abutilon mollicomum | 
           
          
            | Voucher fate | 
            
              
                | pinned adults (eclosion August 17, 2012) | 
               
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            | Number of days (prepupa) | 
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            | Number of days (pupa to eclosion) | 
            10 days | 
           
          
            Morphology Notes:
  
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                  N/A | 
                   
                
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            Behavior notes:
  
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                  N/A | 
                   
                
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            Parasitoids:
  
    | Parasitoids (yes/no) | 
    No | 
   
  
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                  N/A | 
                   
                
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                  | Para. voucher #: | 
                  N/A | 
                 
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             adult, eclosed 8/17/12 | 
           
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                    | Larva | 
                   
                  
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                    |  Ultimate stage, dorsal | 
                   
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                    | Larva | 
                   
                  
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                    | Pre-pupal larva showing typical Acontiinae color transition before pupation | 
                   
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                    | Pupa | 
                   
                  
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                    | Dorsal image of pupa | 
                   
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                    | Adult | 
                   
                  
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                    |  Adult, eclosed August 17, 2012 | 
                   
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