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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 » Carboniclava » Carboniclava alpicoides - Hodges#8013.1 (Carboniclava alpicoides)
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Possible Prominent moth - Carboniclava alpicoides
Copyright © 2015 Jim Burns

Possible Prominent moth - Carboniclava alpicoides
Tonto National Forest, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
April 26, 2015
Size: wing length 25mm
This looks like a Prominent Moth to me, but I can't find a good match. It's a pretty worn individual.

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Possible Prominent moth - Carboniclava alpicoides Possible Prominent moth - Carboniclava alpicoides
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Contributed by Jim Burns on 29 May, 2015 - 5:09pm
Last updated 22 March, 2022 - 3:11pm

Yes, alpica got bounced around between Oligocentria
and Ianassa, but Miller et al. decided it didn't belong in either and created a new genus, Carboniclava for it. Then they found the Texas and Arizona moths to be different, so alpica is found in West Texas and they named the Arizona species alpicoides.
… john and jane balaban, 22 March, 2022 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Carboniclava alpica.
… john and jane balaban, 22 March, 2022 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

 
.
Really interesting.

Must be from Dave's Fascicle I still don't have!

Ann
… A. Hendrickson, 22 March, 2022 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Oligocentria.
… Bob Biagi, 22 September, 2017 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… A. Hendrickson, 4 June, 2015 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

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Jim, you are right and it is not hard to place it in the Genus Oligocentria. From there it gets dicey. It could be a worn . My photograph here has not been recognized as this species by anyone but me, but I have been told by someone not on BG that it is one.
… A. Hendrickson, 30 May, 2015 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ann. Yours looks just
Thanks Ann. Yours looks just like mine. Back to the drawing board. I'll peruse Oligocentria again.

Jim
… Jim Burns, 1 June, 2015 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

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