Mamestra configurata

TaxID: 174822

Basic Information

Scientific Name *

Common Name

Bertha Armyworm, bertha armyworm

Introduction

Mamestra configurata, commonly known as the Bertha armyworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the western part of North America (including Alberta, British Columbia, Washington, New Mexico, California) and Mexico. Full-grown larvae drop to the ground in mid to late August to pupate.

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Taxonomic Information

Domain/Kingdom

Metazoa

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Noctuidae

Genus

Mamestra

Species

configurata

Subspecies

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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Morphological Features

Adult large, wingspan about 4 cm. Forewing mostly grey with patches of black, brown, olive and white scales; a broad olive band adjacent to the subterminal line, defined by white markings on the inner side of the forewing. Egg spherical, slightly flattened ventrally, about 0.45 mm in diameter, with longitudinal ridges and depressions radiating from the upper pole. Larva: first instar with distinct black head, about 0.3 cm long, covered with sparse setae; later instars with light brown head capsule and less evident setae; fifth instar mostly green, some brownish green or brown with darker markings; late instars dark. Pupa reddish, slender, 5.5 mm wide and 18.5 mm long, gradually tapering caudally with flexible abdominal segments.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Scholarly article

Citation:

Peter G. Mason. Bertha Armyworm, Mamestra Configurata Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Encyclopedia of Entomology

Reference URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48380-7_452

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (3 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country	Status	Year Added
Costa Rica	Absent	—
Dominican Republic	Quarantine pests	—
Japan	Quarantine pests	—

Distribution (3 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

3

Present

0

Absent

0

Unknown/Other

Country	Status	State
Canada	Present	—
Mexico	Present	—
United States of America	Present	—

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (2 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession	Assembly Level	Genome Size(Mb)	Contig N50(Kb)	Scaffold N50(Kb)	BUSCO%	Downloads
GCA_002192655.3	Scaffold	-	-	-	-	-
Assembly Name ASM219265v3
GCA_002192655.2	Scaffold	571	42	207	-	FASTA GFF3

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID	Tissue	Developmental Stage	Sex	Read Count	Location	Actions
SRR17048748	antenna	adult	female	17079845	Canada: Saskatoon	Download NCBI
BioProject PRJNA596858 Experiment ID SRX13238454 Study ID SRP348101 Category insect Title RNA-Seq of Mamestra configurata: colony adult female antenna Design Description The tissues (head and antennae separately) were transferred immediately upon excision into TRIzol and RNA extracted according to the manufacturers protocol. Total RNA for each tissue type was used for cDNA library construction (Illumina TruSeq mRNA stranded library preparation). Sample Attributes {'age': '48 hours -post eclosion', 'sex': 'female', 'tissue': 'antenna', 'dev_stage': 'adult', 'geo_loc_name': 'Canada: Saskatoon', 'biosamplemodel': 'Invertebrate', 'collection_date': '2014-01-10/2014-01-17', 'isolation_source': 'antennal tissue from 20 long-term colony reared adult female moths; AAFC Saskatoon Research and Development Centre'}
SRR17048747	head	adult	female	15850132	Canada: Saskatoon	Download NCBI
BioProject PRJNA596858 Experiment ID SRX13238455 Study ID SRP348101 Category insect Title RNA-Seq of Mamestra configurata: colony adult female head Design Description The tissues (head and antennae separately) were transferred immediately upon excision into TRIzol and RNA extracted according to the manufacturers protocol. Total RNA for each tissue type was used for cDNA library construction (Illumina TruSeq mRNA stranded library preparation). Sample Attributes {'age': '48 hours -post eclosion', 'sex': 'female', 'tissue': 'head', 'dev_stage': 'adult', 'geo_loc_name': 'Canada: Saskatoon', 'biosamplemodel': 'Invertebrate', 'collection_date': '2014-01-10/2014-01-17', 'isolation_source': 'head tissue from 20 long-term colony reared adult female moths; AAFC Saskatoon Research and Development Centre'}
SRR17048746	antenna	adult	male	18539622	Canada: Vegreville	Download NCBI
BioProject PRJNA596858 Experiment ID SRX13238456 Study ID SRP348101 Category insect Title RNA-Seq of Mamestra configurata: Vegreville field population adult male antenna Design Description The tissues (head and antennae separately) were transferred immediately upon excision into TRIzol and RNA extracted according to the manufacturers protocol. Total RNA for each tissue type was used for cDNA library construction (Illumina TruSeq mRNA stranded library preparation). Sample Attributes {'age': '48 hours -post eclosion', 'sex': 'male', 'tissue': 'antenna', 'lat_lon': '53.44340 N 112.36830 W', 'dev_stage': 'adult', 'geo_loc_name': 'Canada: Vegreville', 'biosamplemodel': 'Invertebrate', 'collection_date': '2013-12-01/2014-01-06', 'isolation_source': 'antennal tissue from 26 adult male offspring (generation 2) reared from field collected light trap adult moths and/or egg masses Vegreville, AB'}

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Mamestra configurata

Basic Information

Taxonomic Information

Photos (5 photos)

Morphological Features

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Quarantine Status (3 records)

Distribution (3 countries)

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

Genomes (2 records)

Transcriptomes (3 records)

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

Literature

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