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Moth, lateral - Ponometia cuta
Copyright © 2015 Edward L. Ruden

Moth, lateral - Ponometia cuta
Lincoln National Forest, Guadalupe Ranger District, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
August 5, 2015
Size: 10.2mm FW
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Moth, dorsal - Ponometia cuta Moth, lateral - Ponometia cuta
Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 22 September, 2015 - 8:58am
Last updated 16 October, 2015 - 1:26am

Moved
Moved from Tarache.
… Edward L. Ruden, 16 October, 2015 - 1:26am

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This one looks like a possibility to me . Or maybe http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9091. The Jim Vargo spread shows some color a little like yours.
… A. Hendrickson, 12 October, 2015 - 10:38am

 
Thanks
... for your help. The shape of the forewing's subapical white patch much more closely resembles that of P. cuta. The patch on P. doreni is more rectangular. There are similar gold stripes in some of the BG images of P. cuta too.
… Edward L. Ruden, 16 October, 2015 - 1:34am

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