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Tarache sp.1

Bird-dropping Moth

MONA#

Family Noctuidae

 

   
  Acontiinae sp.1

 

Classification

KINGDOM: Animalia

PHYLUM: Arthropoda

CLASS: Insecta

ORDER: Lepidoptera

SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea

FAMILY: Noctuidae

SUBFAMILY: Acontiinae (Bird-dropping Moths)

 

General Species Description
WINGSPAN:
IDENTIFICATION:
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ADULT FOOD:

FIELD NOTES:

Coll. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) August 2011
Locality & GPS coords Catalina Mts, Tucson
Pima County, AZ
Elevation (ft)  
Habitat  
Host Plant Globemallow
Collector(s) J. Bundy
Field observations  
Ecology Notes  

 

 

 

HABITAT
Habitat details
HOST
Plant

REARING / LAB NOTES:

Voucher No. 00000
Found as larvae
Food plant used  
Voucher fate 1 pinned adult
Number of days (1st-Ultimate instar)  
Number of days (prepupa)  
Number of days (pupa to eclosion)  
Morphology Notes (ovum, larva, pupa, adult)
 
Behavior notes (ovum, larva, pupa, adult)
 
Parasitoids None observed
Para. lep voucher- Para. species- Para. voucher #- N/A
Ultimate instar
 
 
Adult
need to add pupa & adult imagesDetails