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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Catocalini » Underwings (Catocala) » Oldwife Underwing - Hodges#8795 (Catocala palaeogama)
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Oldwife Underwing - Catocala palaeogama
Copyright © 2015 Ilona L.

Oldwife Underwing - Catocala palaeogama
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
August 16, 2014
IDed as Catocala piatrix on BAMONA.

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 19 January, 2015 - 3:38pm
Last updated 25 February, 2015 - 8:32pm

Moved
Moved from Underwings.
… Jason D. Roberts, 25 February, 2015 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

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Seems to lack the black area below the reniform spot which piatrix has and in my opinion it doesn't look anything like one either. Looks more like an Oldwife.
… Jonn, 24 January, 2015 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

 
This is why trying to sort ou
This is why trying to sort out a lot of the Catocalas that I photographed is so frustrating. There are such subtle differences.
… Ilona L., 24 January, 2015 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

 
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Definitely agree with a lot of them being hard to id but i do know for sure it's not piatrix. Probably just ided as that by accident on bamona.
… Jonn, 24 January, 2015 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

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