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Triprocris yampai (Stretch, 1885) |
Western Grapeleaf Skeletonizer |
MONA# 4623 |
Family:
Zygaenidae |
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Classification
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
SUPERFAMILY: Zygaenoidea
FAMILY: Zygaenidae
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General Species Description
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FIELD NOTES for Triprocris yampai: |
| Coll. Dates (mm/dd/yyyy) |
| August 4, 2011 - September 3, 2011 |
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| Locality & GPS coords |
| Madera Cyn, Santa Rita Mts., Santa Cruz Co., AZ (8/4/11)* |
| Brown Cyn, Baboquivara Mts, Pima Co., AZ (9/3/11) |
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| Collector(s) |
| Jennifer Bundy |
| *Jennifer Bundy, David Wagner (Madera Cyn) |
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Field Notes & Observations:
| Adults, ova |
8/4/11- dry wash below Proctor Rd., observed adult female sitting on host with eggs. Collected the adult & eggs to David Wagner/UConn. Collected eggs and host for rearing. |
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Ecology Notes:
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- Brown Cyn received little or no precipitation (2011), host wilted and in poor condition, very few larvae found during visit. |
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- same plant species found in Rincon Mts (lower grassland/desert region) east facing slope (Oct 20th) and plant in healthy condition with same feeding damage |
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| Brown Canyon |
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| Commicarpus scandens (need image) |
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REARING / LAB NOTES for Triprocris yampai: |
| Voucher No. |
| 000JLB2011; 000JLB11 |
| *Donated adult & eggs to Dave Wagner (Madera Cyn, AZ, 8/4/11) |
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Commicarpus scandens |
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Parasitoids:
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Yes |
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Adult eclosed in hand, July 26, 2012, reared |
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| Ultimate Stage, dorsal |
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| Adult eclosion, July 26, 2012 |
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