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| Cabbage Looper Moth |
| MONA# 8887 |
| Family Noctuidae
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Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY:
FAMILY: Noctuidae
SUBFAMILY: Plusiinae (Looper moths)
Trichoplusia ni
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General Species Description
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FIELD NOTES: |
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| Coll. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) |
February 25, 2011
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| Locality & GPS coords |
Jacumba Wilderness, Imperial Co., CA
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| Elevation (ft) |
700' |
| Habitat |
Sonoran/Lower Colorado Desert transition
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| Host Plant |
Mohavea confertiflora. (Desert Ghost Flower)
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| Collector(s) |
Jennifer Bundy |
| Field observations |
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| Ecology Notes |
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| HABITAT |
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| Jacumba Wilderness |
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| HOST |
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| Mohavea confertiflora. (Desert Ghost Flower) |
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REARING / LAB NOTES: |
| Voucher No. |
00000 |
| Found as |
Instar |
| Food plant used |
Mohavea confertiflora |
| Voucher fate |
1 pinned adult |
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| Number of days (prepupa) |
March 2, 2011 (pre-pupal cocoon construction)
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| Morphology Notes (ovum, larva, pupa, adult) |
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| Behavior notes (ovum, larva, pupa, adult) |
spins bulbous silken cocoon
pupation occurred quickly, as well as eclosion of adult
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| Parasitoids |
none observed |
| Para. lep voucher- Para. species- Para. voucher #- |
N/A |
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| Ultimate instar |
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| Cocoon |
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