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Hemileuca nuttali - Hemileuca nuttalli - male
Copyright © 2005 Hartmut Wisch

Hemileuca nuttali - Hemileuca nuttalli - Male
Mount Pinos summit, elev.8,831ft (2692m), Western Transverse Ranges, Ventura County, California, USA
August 2, 2005

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 5 August, 2005 - 1:41am
Last updated 19 September, 2009 - 2:11pm

Moved
Moved from Elegant Sheep Moth.
… Hartmut Wisch, 19 September, 2009 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

nuttalli
Hello,
This is actually a male Hemileuca nuttalli. A nice find!

~Zak
… Zak Van Loocke, 31 December, 2006 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Zak -
I think you are right, also some of its reported food plants (Symphoricarpos, Ribes cereum) occur on Mt. Pinos summit, with Purshia tridentata nearby. So far I haven't been able to find any other records for this moth species this far south.
… Hartmut Wisch, 9 January, 2007 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

Western Sheepmoth, perhaps
Looks like, perhaps, the reported-to-be highly variable Western Sheepmoth, Hemileuca eglanterina, guide page here. Could be another in the same genus, but the hindwing pattern looks like that shown in Miller and Hammond, Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands, #232, p. 107. (1)

Web links:
Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands
Butterflies and Moths of Southern Vancouver Island
Moths of Canada

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 5 August, 2005 - 6:42am login or register to post comments

 
Hemileuca
Thanks, Patrick, this looks like a good possibility.
… Hartmut Wisch, 5 August, 2005 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

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