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underwing - Drasteria mirifica
Copyright © 2007 Anthony Magee

underwing - Drasteria mirifica
Peyton, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
August 25, 2007
One of the underwings. I'm not able to ID.
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Contributed by Anthony Magee on 28 August, 2007 - 8:59pm
Last updated 6 September, 2007 - 12:56am

Moved
Moved from Drasteria.
… Anthony Magee, 6 September, 2007 - 12:56am login or register to post comments

Drasteria sp.
That is Drasteria sp.(Noctuoidea: Erebidae: Catocalinae: Melipotini), either Drasteria mirifica or Drasteria howlandi. I can’t see well some of details important to separate these two species because of picture's low quality.
… Jan Metlevski , 28 August, 2007 - 10:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Understandable...
I was a little irked that it wouldn't sit still for its photo session.

My other Drasteria is tejonica.
… Anthony Magee, 28 August, 2007 - 10:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Drasteria mirifica
I vote for Drasteria mirifica because of brown forewings with a yellowish median area. In Drasteria howlandi forewings are more grayish and the median area usually grayish or whitish, not yellowish. I am sure it is not D. tejonica, which has much more contrasting forewing coloration (check the page of D. tejonica at BugGuide) and is distributed more west and south from your area. By the way Drasteria mirifica is a very common species in your area.
… Jan Metlevski , 5 September, 2007 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

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