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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) » Apameini » Apamea
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Noctuidae: Apamea cogitata? - Apamea
Copyright © 2011 Carl Barrentine

Noctuidae: Apamea cogitata? - Apamea
Turtle River State Park, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
August 27, 2011
Size: Length ~ 2 cm
Revised (10 April 2014): Tomas Mustelin suggests this specimen may be Apamea cogitata.

This specimen may be a worn example of a Thoughtful Apamea (Hodges #9367).
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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 27 August, 2011 - 8:16pm
Last updated 10 April, 2014 - 11:43am

Moved
Moved from Ignorant Apamea.

Carl, sorry about that! I moved your moth by accident. Leaving at genus level for now.
… Maury J. Heiman, 8 September, 2011 - 10:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Okay, Maury!
Sounds good. ;-)
… Carl Barrentine, 9 September, 2011 - 7:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Maury J. Heiman, 8 September, 2011 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Maury!
Gosh, that Apamea species wasn't even on my radar! Thanks for introducing me to a new species! And I love the common name! This moth is my mascot! I feel pretty darn ignorant when it somes to trying to identify our brown noctuid moths! Well, that goes for the geometrids too, I guess. ;-)
… Carl Barrentine, 8 September, 2011 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

Apamea scoparia - Hodges#9365?
What do you think about Apamea scoparia - Hodges#9365? See the info page and let me know what you think?
… Nina, 28 August, 2011 - 2:23am login or register to post comments

 
compare
take at look at the images of all four North American species.
… Nina, 28 August, 2011 - 2:25am login or register to post comments

 
Interesting! Thanks, Nina!
I photographed another Apamea in the same location a couple of weeks ago that seemed to bear a striking resemblance to the Doubtful Apamea (Hodges #9367). I'm going to stare at that specimen for a while to rule out the possibility that this individual isn't an example of A. dubitans. These darker moths are soooo bewildering! ;-)

A. dubitans This Specimen A. cogitata A. scoparia
… Carl Barrentine, 28 August, 2011 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

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