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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Lochmaeus » Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#7998 (Lochmaeus manteo)
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Moth needs ID: Hodges #7998 - Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth - Lochmaeus manteo
Copyright © 2013 Peter Homann

Moth needs ID: Hodges #7998 - Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth - Lochmaeus manteo
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
September 13, 2013
Size: ~22mm length
Attracted to black light. Looks to me like a Prominent but I have been very wrong with these kinds of moths before: In fact, I cannot detect a good match among the Prominents, and would appreciate help.

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Moth needs ID: Hodges #7998 - Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth - Lochmaeus manteo Moth needs ID: Hodges #7998 - Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth - Lochmaeus manteo
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Contributed by Peter Homann on 25 September, 2013 - 9:40am
Last updated 9 May, 2014 - 8:35am

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Peter Homann, 1 October, 2013 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

Lochmaeus manteo
I think I got it: We were so close! It very likely is Hodges #7998 Lochmaeus manteo, the Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Moth.
… Peter Homann, 28 September, 2013 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

 
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Have been going over some of my gray prominent ID's with your helpful hints in mind and have found some errors. You really helped me.
… A. Hendrickson, 1 October, 2013 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the heads up. I h
Thanks for the heads up. I have looked at them numerous times too and even posted one that was incorrect. I don't have a good handle on these. Variable IS the word!
… A. Hendrickson, 28 September, 2013 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ann.
I am persuaded by the PM line that is jagged with sharp points rather than "scalloped," the reniform spot and the terminal area. I hope Maury will make good on his promise to "be back later" and perhaps settle this.
… Peter Homann, 28 September, 2013 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks again. I am going to keep your notes to refer to in the future.
… A. Hendrickson, 29 September, 2013 - 11:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Connected Looper.

Sorry about the odd moves. Will be back later.
… Maury J. Heiman, 25 September, 2013 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Maury J. Heiman, 25 September, 2013 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

For what it's worth
I think it looks like a Hodges #7999 Double-lined Prominent. I had one ID'd for me recently. I liked picture 672614 in reference to yours.
… A. Hendrickson, 25 September, 2013 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

 
We'll see!
Thank you, Ann, for the suggestion. I actually looked at the Double-lined several times and then discounted it because it did not seem right. Perhaps I shouldn't have.
… Peter Homann, 25 September, 2013 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

 
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Sounds like me on the one that WAS identified.
… A. Hendrickson, 25 September, 2013 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

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