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Theroa zethus

Prominent Moth

MONA# 8000

Family Notodontidae

 

   
 

 

Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea
FAMILY: Notodontidae
SUBFAMILY: Heterocampionae
Theroa zethus (Druce, 1898)

 

General Species Description
WINGSPAN:
IDENTIFICATION:
RANGE:
FLIGHT:
 
HABITAT:
LARVAL HOST:
ADULT FOOD:

FIELD NOTES:

Coll. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) August 27, 2011
Locality & GPS coords Huachuca Mts., Cochise Co., AZ
Elevation (ft)  
Habitat grassland, Arizona Uplands
Host Plant  
Collector(s) Jennifer Bundy
Field observations found on aster but did not feed
Ecology Notes  

 

 

 

HABITAT
Habitat (grasslands of Copper Canyon)
HOST
Plant

REARING / LAB NOTES:

Voucher No. 00000
Found as  
Food plant used  
Voucher fate  
Number of days (1st-Ultimate instar) 0
Number of days (prepupa) 0
Number of days (pupa to eclosion) 0
Morphology Notes (ovum, larva, pupa, adult)
 
Behavior notes (ovum, larva, pupa, adult)
 
Parasitoids  
Para. lep voucher- Para. species- Para. voucher #-  
Larva
Penultimate instar , dorsal
 
Larva
Ultimate instar, dorsal
 
 
pupa & adult (no image)