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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Arctiina » Apantesis » carlotta-nais-phalerata-vittata (Apantesis carlotta-nais-phalerata-vittata)
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Apantesis sp. - Apantesis carlotta-nais-phalerata-vittata
Copyright © 2007 Roger Rittmaster

Apantesis sp. - Apantesis carlotta-nais-phalerata-vittata
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
April 30, 2007
This image was taken with the moth fluttering about. Does it show enough to identify it to species?
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Contributed by Roger Rittmaster on 8 May, 2007 - 9:35pm
Last updated 14 February, 2018 - 4:49pm

Moved
Moved from Apantesis.
… Paul Dennehy, 14 February, 2018 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

vittata/phalerata "complex"
vittata/phalerata "complex"
… Dennis Profant, 8 May, 2007 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Or how about nais or carlotta
Or how about nais or carlotta as the species? I should have been more specific. If one wanted to tell all of these apart, how would it be done?
… Roger Rittmaster, 9 May, 2007 - 3:10am login or register to post comments

 
not carlotta or nais
Carlotta has yellow wings as far as I know, and nais has large blotches instead of separate spots.
… roar, 30 July, 2009 - 7:50am login or register to post comments

 
nais is part of the same comp
nais is part of the same complex as the other two. Carlotta has been pulled out and is a valid species on its own. Not sure why, perhaps it is a yellow hindwing species. I suspect the only reliable method is genitalia dissection. Not that it can't be done, but I simply haven't met anyone who can separate them out visually.
… Dennis Profant, 9 May, 2007 - 5:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the explanation. -
Thanks for the explanation. - Roger
… Roger Rittmaster, 9 May, 2007 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

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