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Triprocris sp.1

Leaf Skeletonizer

MONA#

Family: Zygaenidae

ATTRIBUTES IN GENERAL

Classification

KINGDOM: Animalia

PHYLUM: Arthropoda

CLASS: Insecta

ORDER: Lepidoptera

SUPERFAMILY: Zygaenoidea

FAMILY: Zygaenidae

General Species Description

ADULT IDENTIFICATION & WINGSPAN:

ADULT FOOD:

SPECIES RANGE:

ADULT FLIGHT TIME:

HABITAT:

LARVAL IDENTIFICATION & LENGTH:

LARVAL HOST:

LARVAL EMERGENCE (TIME/SEASON):

References:

FIELD NOTES for Triprocris sp. 1:

Coll. Dates (mm/dd/yyyy)

2011; 2012

Locality & GPS coords

Copper Canyon, Huchuca Mts, AZ

Elevation (ft)

6,000' elev

Habitat

Oak grasslands

Host Plant

Mirabilis longiflora (sweet four-o'clock)

Collector(s)

Jennifer Bundy

Field Notes & Observations:

Ecology Notes:

HABITAT

Copper Canyon, Huchuca Mts, AZ

HOST

Mirabilis longiflora

REARING / LAB NOTES for Triprocris yampai:

Voucher No.

000JLB2011

Found as

eggs - ultimate stage

Food plant used

Voucher fate

eclosed summer 2012

Number of days (1st-Ultimate instar)

Number of days (prepupa)

Number of days (pupa to eclosion)

Morphology Notes:

Ovum:
Larvae:	Length: 13-14 mm
Larvae:
Pupa:
Cocoon:
Adult:	wing span: (waiting for spread specimen image)

Behavior notes:

Ovum:
Larvae:	In field and lab, larvae to not independantly disperse until late stage. Below are observations made of species on host and how abundant species can be in comparison to host plant availability:
Larvae:
Pupa:
Cocoon:	will use dead leaves to build cocoon within:
Cocoon:
Adult:

Parasitoids:

Parasitoids (yes/no)	Yes
Para. lep voucher:
Para. species:
Para. voucher #:

Larva

Ultimate Stage, lateral

Pupa


Pupa, dorsal (top) & lateral (bottom)

Cocoon


Cocoon

Adult

Adult eclosion, summer 2012