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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Amphipyrinae » Psaphidini » Mossy Sallows (Feraliina) » Feralia » Comstock's Sallow - Hodges#10008 (Feralia comstocki)
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Family Noctuidae - Feralia comstocki
Copyright © 2015 Nancy Mullin

Family Noctuidae - Feralia comstocki
Quarryville, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada
May 26, 2015
Size: .5 inch to 3/4 inch
Attracted to my black light...
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Contributed by Nancy Mullin on 26 May, 2015 - 6:15pm
Last updated 13 January, 2024 - 3:18pm

Moved
Moved from Feralia.
… Kyhl Austin, 5 February, 2019 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Marcia Morris, 27 May, 2015 - 5:44am login or register to post comments

Feralia, perhaps
take a look at Feralia major - Major Sallow - Hodges#10007

FW pale to mint green, variable ● Basal and terminal areas of FW lighter green ● Median area peppered with black ● Orbicular and reniform spots partly outlined white ● AM & PM black jagged lines are often inconspicuous and amount of black varies considerably ●

… Marcia Morris, 26 May, 2015 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Major Sallow
Marcia, that is the fastest reply ever!! thanks so much!!
… Nancy Mullin, 26 May, 2015 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

 
no problem!
there are a few species in the genus Feralia that are similar to this moth ... please wait for an expert to place to species level. 8-)
… Marcia Morris, 27 May, 2015 - 5:44am login or register to post comments

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