moth - Catocala - BugGuide.Net

The hindwing pattern matches a handful of Catocala spp.

Probably too worn for species-level ID though. Moved from Butterflies and Moths.

… Kyhl Austin, 27 May, 2017 - 11:23pm

Moved

… A. Hendrickson, 29 April, 2017 - 10:06am

Unless one of these can be more solid, they are all incorrect, but at least they are from your area. They were the closest I could come. Some of these are brown according to Moth Photographers

or this one

were all I could find with anything similar to the hindwing of your moth.

There was one Catocala that I thought might be possible. See Jim Vargo's spread on MPG here. Size would help a great deal.

Sorry I could not help you!

… A. Hendrickson, 20 April, 2017 - 2:21pm

I recreated the pic with a le

I recreated the pic with a length scale and it looks like the wingspan was about 1-1/4".

… thuya, 24 April, 2017 - 11:33am

Thuya, I added the size in the right place on the submission form and checked the Adult box at the bottom of the form for you.

All submissions should have the adult or immature box checked before submitting.

Unfortunately our Species page does not tell us the average size of the Catocala cerogama. I found, but this photograph had a Cm ruler which would make the Wing Length aprox. 42 mm

. Much too large for your moth.

… A. Hendrickson, 24 April, 2017 - 2:09pm

Thanks. I spaced that out.

… thuya, 24 April, 2017 - 2:14pm

Don't be sorry; I appreciate

Don't be sorry; I appreciate the input. I should have noted the size. Unfortunately the background (a rock) does not provide any clues. I take my pics while at work and I usually don't have the time or wherewithal to make any notes, but I will try to do better. I know the lens I was using, and can make a good estimate of the distance to the moth. Maybe I can back-calculate?

… thuya, 21 April, 2017 - 8:45am

Looks small. Will come back and study it. Did you consider the Schinias?

… A. Hendrickson, 19 April, 2017 - 10:00am

I hadn't considered them. I a

I hadn't considered them. I am a neophyte at this (basically I thumb through the book), but the images of Schinias look like they have pretty distinctive wing patterns.

… thuya, 19 April, 2017 - 1:43pm

I struck out on the Schinias. Will look some more tomorrow.

… A. Hendrickson, 19 April, 2017 - 10:31pm