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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Orthosiini » Orthosia » Ruby Quaker - Hodges#10487 (Orthosia rubescens)
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Moth 2009 April 2 - Orthosia rubescens
Copyright © 2009 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Moth 2009 April 2 - Orthosia rubescens
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
April 19, 2009
Size: about 1 inch
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 21 April, 2009 - 10:21am
Last updated 21 April, 2009 - 10:15pm

10487 - Orthosia rubescens
B.P.
… Bob Patterson, 21 April, 2009 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

 
10487 - Orthosia rubescens
Both 10487 O. rubescens & 10495 O. hibisci look the same to my untrained eyes. How do you separate the two ?
… John Lee, 21 April, 2009 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

 
With Difficulty and Without Infallibility
Rubescens tends to be more red than hibisci, especially the two-tone marking at the costa near the apex. None of the many specimens of hibisci at MPG show this, most of the rubescens do. There is also the overall impression formed.... many birders call it Jizz. This moths jizz says rubescens to me :-)
… Bob Patterson, 21 April, 2009 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

 
O. hibisci does look duller t
O. hibisci does look duller than O. rubescens when comparing the two side-by-side. Thanks.
… John Lee, 21 April, 2009 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you both. That was what
Thank you both. That was what I was thinking..but it's nice to have experts tell me for sure. ^__^
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 21 April, 2009 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

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