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Lychnosea helveolaria - Hodges#6857 (Lychnosea helveolaria)
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Alice Abela
Moth -
Lychnosea helveolaria
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Below Snow Bowl, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
August 5, 2015
Size: ~2.5cm wingspan
Came to mercury vapor light in mixed conifer, grassland, shrubland habitat.
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Contributed by
Alice Abela
on 20 August, 2015 - 9:12pm
Last updated 4 January, 2018 - 7:41pm
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Bob Biagi
, 4 January, 2018 - 7:41pm
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A. Hendrickson
, 13 March, 2016 - 3:01pm
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Possibly Lychnosea helveolaria?
Haven't seen this myself, so only a suggestion, but looks like this one:
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Libby & Rick Avis
, 27 February, 2016 - 8:22pm
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Thanks!
That does look like a very good candidate and according to MPG they're in range:
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6857
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Alice Abela
, 28 February, 2016 - 9:09pm
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Alice, this one looks to be quite varied and is the closest I can come
. Did you think your hind wings were too pointed?
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A. Hendrickson
, 27 December, 2015 - 9:41am
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I'm really not sure. These were really abundant on our sheet that night and it looks a little different in terms of shape of the wings and the labial palps to me, but that could be due to regional variation. I've photographed these before in California and I never considered it as a possibility, but I can see the similarities.
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Alice Abela
, 27 December, 2015 - 10:41pm
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