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                Tarache sp.1 | 
               
              
                Bird-dropping Moth | 
               
              
                MONA#  | 
               
              
                Family Noctuidae
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          Classification 
          
            KINGDOM: Animalia 
            
              
                PHYLUM: Arthropoda 
                
                  CLASS: Insecta 
                  
                    ORDER: Lepidoptera 
                    
                      SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea 
                      
                        FAMILY: Noctuidae 
                        
                          SUBFAMILY: Acontiinae (Bird-dropping Moths) 
                            
                         
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
             
           
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          General Species Description 
          
            
              
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            | Coll. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) | 
            August 2011
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            | Locality & GPS coords | 
            Catalina Mts,   Tucson 
              Pima County, AZ 
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            | Host Plant | 
            Globemallow 
              
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            | Collector(s) | 
            J. Bundy | 
           
          
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            | Voucher No. | 
            00000 | 
           
          
            | Found as | 
            larvae | 
           
          
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            | Voucher fate | 
            1 pinned adult | 
           
          
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            | Parasitoids | 
            None observed | 
           
          
            | Para. lep voucher- Para. species- Para. voucher #- | 
            N/A | 
           
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