Owlet Moths of Hawai'i (Noctuidae) II

Noctuidae is the largest known family in the Order Lepidoptera. With a world-wide distribution, this family encompasses over 35,000 known species out of a possible 100,000. Given the number of species, it is of no surprise that the family varies in behavior, morphology, etc. However, most Noctuidae are dull in color, fly at night and are attracted to nectar-rich flowers. What they lack in color, they make up for in their amazing ability to feed on specific poisonous plants that would normally kill an insect. Some noctuids are also preyed upon by bats, however, many have high auditory sensitivity, resulting in their ability to quickly respond to bat echolocation calls. In Hawai'i, the hoary bat selects for the endemic Haliophyle euclidias because of the moth's poor auditory abilities. This species experiences high predation as a result of having shorter detection distances for bats, compared to other endemic, potential prey species. Please help transcribe the University of Hawai'i's interesting collection of Noctuidae!This expedition of 475 tasks is fully transcribed and validated. This data resource is harvested periodically into the main occurrence index.

夜蛾科（Noctuidae）是鳞翅目（Lepidoptera）中已知规模最大的科级类群。该类群全球广布，目前已记录的已知物种逾35000种，预估潜在总物种可达100000种。鉴于其物种数量庞大，该科类群在行为、形态等诸多特征上存在显著多样性，实属情理之中。不过，绝大多数夜蛾科物种体色暗淡，多为夜行性，且会被富含花蜜的花朵吸引。它们虽在体色上并无优势，却演化出了惊人的适应性——能够取食通常足以杀死其他昆虫的特定有毒植物。部分夜蛾科物种会遭遇蝙蝠捕食，但多数类群拥有高度敏锐的听觉敏感性，可快速响应蝙蝠的回声定位声波。在夏威夷地区，灰毛蝠（hoary bat）会优先选择特有种欧氏光夜蛾（Haliophyle euclidias）作为捕食对象，原因在于该蛾类的听觉能力较弱。相较于其他潜在的特有猎物物种，该物种对蝙蝠的探测距离更短，因此面临更高的捕食压力。恳请协助转录夏威夷大学收藏的这批极具科研价值的夜蛾科标本！本次包含475项任务的转录项目已完成全部转录与验证流程。该数据集资源将定期同步至主发生记录索引库。