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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Dioptinae » Phryganidia » California Oak Moth - Hodges#8031 (Phryganidia californica)

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brownmoth-fake eye - Phryganidia californica -

just south of Cambria off Hwy 1, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
October 11, 2010
Size: 1 inch or so

Plain light brown moth with what appears to be a shiny fake eye on its back behind its head. Thanks for ID-ing this for me....Denise

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Contributed by nature4me on 11 October, 2010 - 3:13pm
Last updated 24 June, 2011 - 9:38pm

Moved

Moved from Phryganidia.

… Aaron Schusteff, 24 June, 2011 - 9:36pm

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… Aaron Schusteff, 24 June, 2011 - 9:35pm

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Gotta be a California Oak Moth

Phryganidia californica...and yours here is a female, since it has simple linear (rather than feathery bipectinate) antennae. Most the shots of individual adults on BugGuide right now are males...yours is just the 2nd female.

They're swarming right now outside my place. I went out to practice netting (I hardly ever use a net...and they're easy to catch! :-) and of about 30 that I caught, all were males!

… Aaron Schusteff, 24 June, 2011 - 9:27pm

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Virbia sp.?

Not very good with these but I think it's Arctiinae.

… Steve Nanz, 19 March, 2011 - 6:42am

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Hi Steve

Well...you nailed the ID on this one 3+ years ago:

You even got the gender (which most folks haven't been indicating...I've just been going through the BG posts and editing in male/female info for this species).

Heck, we all get rusty...at least I know *I* do :-)

… Aaron Schusteff, 24 June, 2011 - 9:34pm

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Well...

... at least I got it right the first time. Thanks for catching this one.

… Steve Nanz, 25 June, 2011 - 3:08am

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 22 October, 2010 - 11:13am

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We believe that the 'fake eye'

is just a place where the scales have been worn away. Moths spinning around on their backs do this regularly.

… john and jane balaban, 11 October, 2010 - 4:22pm

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