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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 » Orthosia pulchella - Hodges#10478 (Orthosia pulchella)
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The Pretty Quaker - Orthosia pulchella - female
Copyright © 2010 Jim Moore

The Pretty Quaker - Orthosia pulchella - Female
In Westwood by porch light; elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
May 7, 2005
Size: wingspan 33mm
I was surprised that there was yet no Guide page for this Orthosia species. It is such a common moth in the spring around here. The caterpillars feed on the foliage of manzanita (Arctostaphylos) - a common shrub in the woods of the Westwood Mountain Meadows Basin, and throughout California and beyond. The different variants of this moth species, in this area, are many. I am including several examples of many that I have photographed. I begin with this one with wings spread. The name "pulchella" means 'pretty' - an appropriate name I think! The linked thumbnails of some of the other specimens are shown below:



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Contributed by Jim Moore on 23 June, 2010 - 1:24am
Last updated 27 September, 2023 - 12:39am

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