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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Euclidiini » Mocis » Withered Mocis - Hodges#8744 (Mocis marcida)
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Moth - Mocis marcida
Copyright © 2012 Lisa Dolliver

Moth - Mocis marcida
Cedar Hill, Dallas County, Texas, USA
September 12, 2012
Size: 22 mm
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Contributed by Lisa Dolliver on 12 September, 2012 - 2:00pm
Last updated 18 September, 2012 - 2:49pm

Moved
Moved from Mocis.
… Lisa Dolliver, 18 September, 2012 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

Mocis latipes - Small Mocis - Hodges#8743
Moved from ID Request.

probably Mocis latipes - Small Mocis - Hodges #8743
… Maury J. Heiman, 12 September, 2012 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for getting my moth to Mocis!
I looked through Mocis and Mocis marcida looks like a good match. The PM line dips as it approaches the body. It did have a purplish cast too. What do you think?

… Lisa Dolliver, 12 September, 2012 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Mocis
In Mocis marcida the bold part of the postmedial line ends before reaching the inner margin. That line is usually very straight and has a dark shadow. This one could very well be M. marcida. Most interesting individual.
… Maury J. Heiman, 12 September, 2012 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

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