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Mystery Moth - Virbia ferruginosa

Mystery Moth - Virbia ferruginosa
Merrickville, North Grenville, Ontario, Canada
June 30, 2012
BAMONA says this moth is "unidentifiable", which makes me even more curious! Does anybody know what kind of moth this is - such beautiful bright orange underwings.

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Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Rusty Holomelina
Jim Edsall of BAMONA has since IDed this as a Rusty Holomelina (Virbia ferruginosa)

Virbia aurantiaca
also can have the white spots in the same pattern on the front wing, and has orange hind wings, but the front wings are usually paler in color. The dark hind wing pattern is closer, but usually still more extensive. Just another name to throw in as a candidate - I don't know which one it is.

A couple of examples here and at the 'Moth Photographer's' web site.

Virbia
Its definitely something in the genus Virbia. The species are all very variable, and several of them can show these white markings occasionally. The dark forewings, orange hindwings, location, and Light spots all seem to point to Virbia lamae, but that species apparently has a solid black border on the hindwings. (according to the Strickland Museum site; I've never seen lamae personally) Maybe someone with experience with the species could determine if the females can have spotted hindwings like this. This could be an aberrant of any number of other species of Virbia, but whatever it is, it's not the "typical" form of any of our common species...

 
Virbia
Thank you for your help! I searched up Virbia on the internet. There are not a lot of pictures out there with the hindwings exposed, as at rest they are under the forewings. Do you think it could also be a Virbia ferruginosa - Rusty Holomelina - Hodges#8123??
Again, thanks for looking into this.

 
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