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Saturnia albofasciata (Johnson, 1938) |
White-streaked Silk Moth |
MONA# 7753 |
Family:
Saturniidae |
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Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Bombycoidea
FAMILY: Saturniidae
SUBFAMILY: Saturniinae
TRIBE: Saturniini
Saturnia albofasciata
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General Species Description
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FIELD NOTES for Saturnia albofasciata: |
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| Locality & GPS coords |
| Laguna Mts, San Diego Co., CA |
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| Habitat |
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| Host Plant |
| Cercocapus betuloides (Mountain Mahogany) |
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Field Notes & Observations:
| Larvae |
- 6/2010, Larvae and cocoons found only on Cercocarpus. Larvae found alongside Hemileuca eglanterina. |
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| Adults |
- 10/31/2008, Adult male flight becomes active at twilight. Flight observed, male & female, from Oct 15- Nov 15, same locality. |
| -11/1/10, males arrive to calling female being at 5:30pm.
Female flight not observed until early November. |
| - pre-eclosion female found in habitat (image to right) and placed in a cage where adult emerged, then was used to call in males. |
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| Pheromone baiting: |
- Agapema female was placed in habitat to test pheromone on Saturnia albofasciata male. Image to right shows females of both Saturnia and Agapema. |
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| Ecology Notes:
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| Habitat |
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| Chaparral (Laguna Mts., San Diego Co., CA) |
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| Cercocapus betuloides (Mountain Mahogany) |
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REARING / LAB NOTES for Saturnia albofasciata: |
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| Found as |
| Ultimate instar (June 2010); |
| Ova collected from wild adult (November 2008; November 2010) |
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| Food plant used |
Cercocapus betuloides (Mountain Mahogany) |
| Voucher fate |
| pinned adults; 1 parasitized |
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Morphology Notes:
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Larval morphology of ultimate stage similar to dentation of host plant leaf margin. |
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Color, size and shape of male adults blends in well with fall time host plant leaves. |
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Behavior notes:
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Placement of cocoon often well hidden, but not cryptic in color or shape. |
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| Adult: |
11/1/10, males arrived to calling female after sunset. |
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Parasitoids:
| Parasitoids (yes/no) |
yes |
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| Larva |
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| 1st instar |
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| Pupa |
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| Cocoon cut open revealing pupa |
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| Adult |
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| Adult, female |
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| Adult, male |
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