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Photo Galleries: Three Dimensional Lepidoptera Genitalia Photo Gallery: Noctuidae: Erebinae: Catocala

 

Male genitalia images for dissection voucher specimen HLK:2396 of Catocala formosana.

 

by Hugo Kons Jr.

 

Genitalia were dissected and images taken by Hugo L. Kons Jr. with the Automontage at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Entomology.  All structures are the natural three dimensional shape (not slide mounted) except for the juxta/anellus and abdominal cuticle (temporarily slide mounted for imaging). 

 

 

Adult

 

 

Capsule (ventral with hairs and scales)

 

Capsule (ventral)

 

Capsule (dorsal)

 

Capsule (lateral with hairs and scales)

 

Capsule (lateral)

 

 

Valvae (inner)

 

 

 

Valvae (outer)

 

Valvae (ventral)

 

Valvae (ventral/inner)

 

Valvae (dorsal)

 

Valvae (dorsal/inner)

 

Juxta & Anellus (ventral, flattened on slide)

 

Uncus & Tegumen (lateral)

 

 

Uncus (lateral)

 

Uncus (posterior)

 

 

Phallus

 

Phallus with vesica everted

 

 

Vesica (with hood above)

 

 

Vesica (lateral, with hood on bottom)

 

 

 

Vesica (with hood below)

 

Vesica (lateral, with hood on top)

 

Vesica (anterior side)

 

 

 

 

 

Ductus Ejaculatorius

 

 

Abdominal Tergites (excluding terminal segment)

 

Abdominal Sternites (excluding terminal segment)

 

 

Abdomen terminal segment (tergite on left, sternite on right)