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scriptana? - Nycteola cinereana
Copyright © 2007 Steve Scott

scriptana? - Nycteola cinereana
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
June 17, 2007
The owl's eyes on the thorax are distinctive but I think the markings are closer to N. scriptana than frigidana. Have had several individuals at the light and see very little variation in the markings.

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scriptana? - Nycteola cinereana scriptana? - Nycteola cinereana
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 27 July, 2007 - 4:49pm
Last updated 27 July, 2007 - 10:08pm

Moved
Moved from Nycteola.
… Steve Scott, 27 July, 2007 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

8977 - Nycteola cinereana
...looks to me to be a pretty good match for Jim Vargo's specimen:


© Jim Vargo at MPH
… Bob Patterson, 27 July, 2007 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Bob. I was basing my opinion on the prominence of the medial dash relative to the other markings.
… Steve Scott, 27 July, 2007 - 8:17pm login or register to post comments

 
The Dash is There in Vargo's Specimen....
... but worn on one wing, and worn away on the other. Your moth has extensive warm brown coloration, much more than I have ever seen in the two other species, especially near the outer margin.
… Bob Patterson, 27 July, 2007 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Then
so be it. Thanks.
… Steve Scott, 27 July, 2007 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

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