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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Euclidiini » Mocis » Small Mocis - Hodges#8743 (Mocis latipes)
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Moth: Geometrid? - Mocis latipes
Copyright © 2015 Ben Kolstad

Moth: Geometrid? - Mocis latipes
Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
December 10, 2015
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Contributed by Ben Kolstad on 10 December, 2015 - 8:33am
Last updated 13 December, 2015 - 5:41am

Moved
Moved from Mocis.

I now agree, especially considering the strong AM line as well as the definition of the reniform and sub-reniform spots.
… A. Hendrickson, 13 December, 2015 - 5:41am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

I actually agree with Davis as to both Genus and species, but is so close that I am going to place to Genus and let the experts decide. I have started trying to study the original descriptions but I don't know if I will ever get comfortable differentiating between these two where their ranges crossover as in Florida.
… A. Hendrickson, 10 December, 2015 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Mocis latipes
I agree with David: the distinct round subreniform spot makes it Mocis latipes, in my opinion.
… Peter Homann, 11 December, 2015 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

 
Mocis
I vacillated between these two also.
… David E. Reed, 10 December, 2015 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

Mocis
Certainly Mocis sp. and likely Mocis latipes
… David E. Reed, 10 December, 2015 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

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