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Brown Tiger Moth - Hodges#8139 (Spilosoma pteridis)
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Copyright © 2007
John Davis
Spilosoma danbyi -
Spilosoma pteridis
Stevenson, Skamania County, Washington, USA
May 25, 2007
Attracted to lights. MONA 8138. County record. Need new species page.
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Contributed by
John Davis
on 30 May, 2007 - 12:37pm
Last updated 20 October, 2015 - 10:11pm
Moved
Moved from
Spilosoma danbyi
.
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Charley Eiseman
, 20 October, 2015 - 10:11pm
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Moved
Moved from
Spilosoma
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Charley Eiseman
, 1 December, 2009 - 3:20pm
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Moved
Moved from
Spilosoma vagans
.
When in doubt it is better to keep them at a higher level until agreement is reached.
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Beatriz Moisset
, 10 January, 2009 - 4:00pm
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Spilosoma
I'm quite certain this is
Spilosoma danbyi
. Although
S. vagans
is variable, it doesn't get that dark with such contrastingly light thoracic scaling. When vagans is a darker ochreous color the thoracic scaling is concolorous with FW color.
These here:
... would also be
Spilosoma danbyi
.
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Jason D. Roberts
, 14 August, 2008 - 8:34pm
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Agreed
These are
Spilosoma danbyi
. (I looked
here
)
Spilosoma vagans
is definitely highly variable. See
here
.
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roar
, 23 November, 2009 - 2:12pm
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Moved
Moved from
Spilosoma
.
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Cotinis
, 30 May, 2007 - 2:13pm
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