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Moth on Sauvie Island - Caenurgina
Copyright © 2015 David F. Hayes

Moth on Sauvie Island - Caenurgina
Sauvie Island, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
September 8, 2015
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Contributed by David F. Hayes on 23 September, 2015 - 11:13pm
Last updated 12 December, 2015 - 10:47am

Moved
Moved from Erebinae.
… A. Hendrickson, 12 December, 2015 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

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… Tony Leukering, 24 September, 2015 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

genus Caenurgina
too light to distinguish markings clearly. There are two closely related species that come to mind - Caenurgina erechtea and Caenurgina crassiuscula ... in C. erechtea, two dark bands on each forewing do not touch each other near the midline, and the inner (or more basal) band does not touch the inner margin [whereas in C. crassiuscula, the bands almost touch each other near the midline, and the inner (or more basal) band touches the inner margin]

with that said, however, based on location and month of sighting I would suggest Caenurgina erectea which is the only species of the two reported in Oregon.
… Marcia Morris, 24 September, 2015 - 6:51am login or register to post comments

 
Suave Island Moth: genus Caenurgina
Thank you, Marcia, for your thorough, and very helpful, analysis. I will accept C. erectea as the most probable id. Thanks again.
… David F. Hayes, 24 September, 2015 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

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