Photo Galleries: Three Dimensional Lepidoptera Genitalia
Photo Gallery: Noctuidae: Erebinae: Catocala
Male genitalia images for dissection
voucher specimen 20161224a-abss (=HLK:2416) of Catocala naumanni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Erebinae)
Version 2016.1 by Hugo Kons Jr.
Genitalia images were 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 (temporarily slide mounted for imaging).
Adult
(photo by Katsumi Ishizuka)
CHINA: Yunnan Province
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)
Vesica
(posterior)