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Tobacco Budworm Moth - Hodges#11071 (Chloridea virescens)
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Copyright © 2014
Chuck Sexton
Tobacco Budworm Moth -
Chloridea virescens
n.w. Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
October 9, 2014
Size: FW abt 16mm
I was expecting this to be a species of
Schinia
flower moth but it didn't seem to match any of those well.
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Contributed by
Chuck Sexton
on 10 October, 2014 - 9:00pm
Last updated 10 October, 2014 - 11:31pm
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Chuck Sexton
, 10 October, 2014 - 11:29pm
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Looks like Heliothis virescens
MPG
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Randy Hardy
, 10 October, 2014 - 10:51pm
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I think so too...
I looked at H. virescens but many of the images seemed to suggest that some of the details of the FW banding were inconsistent and the dark-margined underwing of mine was incorrect. Further examination of images makes me think that's OK.
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Chuck Sexton
, 10 October, 2014 - 11:29pm
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