CH.18

Question 1

The differences between moth and butterflies as far as their antennas first to moth then the butterfly

Answer 1

Often moths plumped or a thin antenna that and the butterflies is thicker one with the bulbs are hooks on the end.

Question 2

What type of lifecycle do moths attain?

Answer 2

They have a complete metamorphosis.

Question 3

When are moths active?

Answer 3

Summer active during the day and most of them are nocturnal. The ones active during the day are brightly colored like butterflies.

Question 4

What do nocturnal moths attain?

Answer 4

They have night color vision the elephant hawk moth.

Question 5

Great Tiger moth goes even farther and produces? Which confuses? And essentially jams there?

Answer 5

Clicks, bats, sensor.

Question 6

Larval strategies of defense are what?

Answer 6

Some live within plant tissue. Other larva will aggregate and spin a web or tent to conceal feeding Larva.

Question 7

Noctuidae:

What Type of moth is this? When are they active?

Answer 7

Owlet moth. Nocturnal.

Question 8

Family Noctuidae:

They have an extremely good sense of what?

Answer 8

Hearing, they have a higher pitch range of sensitivity.

Question 9

Family Bombycidae:

What kind of moth are they?

Where were they domesticated?

Answer 9

Silkworm moths

China, they adapted to over crowded conditions, hundreds were raised on the same mulberry tree.

Question 10

What is the difference between peace silk and silk from China?

Answer 10

The difference is the peace silk known as ahisma is found in India and it’s known as the peach silk

India is the second largest silk producer.

Question 11

Family Tineidae:

What type of moth is this?

Answer 11

Fungus moths, damages clothes and carpets

Tie dye.. it’s done on clothes

Question 12

Family Tineidae:

They have a unique ability to digest what?

Answer 12

Keratin

Question 13

Family Tineidae:

Do they preference new or old clothes?

Answer 13

Old damaged Clothes.

Question 14

Moths as pollinators:

Pollution is a?

Coevolution of the? And?(peroxidae)
This is an obligated mutualism

Answer 14

Mutualism.

Yucca plant, yucca moths.

Question 15

Moths as pollinators:

In many cases each species of yucca moth is pollinated by? Of yucca moth

Why is this considered obligate mutualism?

Answer 15

Female,

It’s considered obligated because larva consumes seeds with in the fruit once the female collects the pollen she lays eggs in one ovary and marks the plant with a pheromone after a few weeks the larval will leave fruit and pupate underground only 2/3 of seeds escape being eaten

Question 16

Yucca moth behavior:

Female visits a flower and collects?

1/5

Answer 16

Pollen

Question 17

Yucca moth behavior:

She visits another flower, and inspects it for ?, And if acceptable she deposits ? And lays ? In one ? Of the plant
2/5

Answer 17

Pollen

Pollen

Eggs

Ovary

Question 18

Yucca moth behavior:

She marks the flower by depositing her own? To let other moths know it’s hers
3/5

Answer 18

Pheromone

Question 19

Yucca moth behavior:

Developing young consume? Of the yucca

4/5

5/5

Despite serving as food for Catapillar’s? Of the seats usually escape?

Answer 19

Seeds

2/3,

escape being eaten

Question 20

Yucca moth behavior:

Despite serving as food for Catapillar’s? Of the seats usually escape?

2/3,

escape being eaten

Answer 20

2/3,

escape being eaten

Question 21

Family of Sphingidae:

Are what type of insects?

Often mistaken for ?

Their larvae are known as? And they are pests on?

Answer 21

Hawk moths & Sphinx moths

Hummingbirds

Hornworms

Tomatoes

Question 22

What kind of coloration do horn worms have?

Answer 22

Are cryptic and easily seen under UV

Question 23

What type of biocontrol is used to control the tomato hornworm populations?

Answer 23

Wasp parasitoid

Question 24

Which type of insects are found in the family of saturniidae?

How do they look?

What is the reason for their eyespots?

Answer 24

Giant silk, royal,& emperor moths.

Large eye spots to mimic owl face