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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Melipotini » Bulia » Bulia deducta - Hodges#8614 (Bulia deducta)
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Moth - Bulia deducta
Copyright © 2010 Pete Thompson

Moth - Bulia deducta
Cochiti Lake, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA
June 22, 2010
Size: 20mm
This may be the same type moth with it's wings completely closed.
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Contributed by Pete Thompson on 27 June, 2010 - 5:22pm
Last updated 27 June, 2010 - 8:18pm

Bulia
New Mexico boarders Mexico and many moths from their make it over the fence, such as my image of a Black Witch which came from Mexico as one identifier pointed out.
… Pete Thompson, 28 June, 2010 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

 
Hi Pete!
Your Black Witch is a female so I added that to your photo. There is some interesting reading about Ascalapha odorata on the Texas Ento site locatd here. Enjoy!
… Maury J. Heiman, 28 June, 2010 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Maury. It has been ve
Thanks Maury. It has been very hot a dry in the NM mountains and a lack of moths this year. Maybe when the "rainy" season starts.
… Pete Thompson, 28 June, 2010 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Maury J. Heiman, 27 June, 2010 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

Almost surely 8614 - Bulia deducta
Pretty safe to assume it is this species in your area. B. similaris might be found in patches along the Mexican border (but possibly not in New Mexico). (no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 27 June, 2010 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

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