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Yellow Mocis Moth - Hodges #8746 - Mocis disseverans
Copyright © 2010 Robert Lord Zimlich

Yellow Mocis Moth - Hodges #8746 - Mocis disseverans
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
October 1, 2010
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 2 October, 2010 - 11:28am
Last updated 2 September, 2011 - 12:13pm

Moved
Moved from Withered Mocis.
… Jason D. Roberts, 2 September, 2011 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

 
...or Small Mocis?
With it's bold subreniform spot, gray-brown tones, and distinct AM line, I would have thought this moth was a typical Small Mocis, M. latipes. It is my understanding that the ground color is typically more yellowish in Yellow Mocis, the AM line (at least) is faint, and there typically is little or no indication of a subreniform spot. What a confusing group!
… Chuck Sexton, 14 January, 2013 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

 
Mocis
You may be correct. The main things I looked at when moving it were the PM line and the darkened angle midway along the inner margin. They didn't seems quite right for latipes - plus it doesn't seem to have the dark patch at the center of the outer margin - so I decided on a well marked disseverans. But you may very well be correct. The species in this group have enough variability to make it a bit of a challenge.
… Jason D. Roberts, 14 January, 2013 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

 
LOL
"What a confusing group!" Boy, was that a mouthful. I've actually had some moved from one species to another, then had some I had posted there, moved to the other. Thanks for that good morning laugh.
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… Robert Lord Zimlich, 14 January, 2013 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

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