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| MONA# 8661 |
| Family Erebidae
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Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Noctuoidea
FAMILY: Erebidae
SUBFAMILY: Erebinae
TRIBE: Ophiusini
Heteranassa fraterna
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General Species Description
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FIELD NOTES: |
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| Coll. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) |
June 26, 2011 |
| Locality & GPS coords |
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| Elevation (ft) |
185' |
| Habitat |
Lower Colorado River Valley |
| Host Plant |
Prosopis pubescens, Prosopis velutina |
| Collector(s) |
Jennifer Bundy |
| Field observations and Ecology notes: |
Daily temperatures 110F+. Larvae feeding during day and night. Larvae color variable. |
| Notes: |
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| HABITAT |
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Yuma, AZ |
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| HOST |
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REARING / LAB NOTES: |
| Voucher No. |
00000 |
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Ultimate instar |
| Food plant used |
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| Voucher fate |
1 pinned adult |
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| Morphology Notes (ovum, larva, pupa, adult) |
| Larval morphology very similar to Catocola larvae. |
| - Small subventral seatae form a fringe (rootlets) around the body. Ventral surface with 1 red spot per segment. (see image below). |
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| - 8th abdominal segment (A8) has raise dorsal pinacula. |
| - Larvae variable in color |
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| Behavior notes (ovum, larva, pupa, adult) |
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| Parasitoids |
none observed |
| Para. lep voucher- Para. species- Para. voucher #- |
N/A |
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| Unknow instar |
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lateral |
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| Cocoon |
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Cocoon |
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| Pupa |
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pupa, dorsal |
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| Head shot |
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Head shot |
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| Adult |
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Adult |
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