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)
