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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Nolid Moths (Nolidae) » Chloephorinae » Nycteola
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Nycteola
Copyright © 2013 Fyn Kynd

Nycteola
Searsmont, Waldo County, Maine, USA
May 8, 2013
Perfect match for Nycteola cinereana except for range and date. Any help appreciated.
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Contributed by Fyn Kynd on 10 May, 2013 - 1:41pm
Last updated 5 November, 2013 - 7:52pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Fyn Kynd, 29 May, 2013 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

Monkey Face
Maybe a Fridgid Owlet (Nycteola frigidana)? Just a thought
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 15 May, 2013 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Robert.
Much more likely to be seen at this place and time, just doesn't really match. Hmmm...
… Fyn Kynd, 15 May, 2013 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Nycteola
Most of the Nycteola look very much alike, with only slight variations in the doubled AM and PM. I'm not certain how some of the worn specimens were even ID'd to species.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 15 May, 2013 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Nycteola
So, do you think it's N. frigidana? Thanks for the help.
… Fyn Kynd, 16 May, 2013 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

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