Anicla - Anicla espoetia

Moved

Moved from Anicla. A careful read of Lafontaine's MONA fascicle (MONA 27.1, p. 58, pl. B, fig. 33; 2004) indicates that this matches the Edwards Plateau population of this species.

… Chuck Sexton, 17 March, 2022 - 12:21pm

Moved

Moved from Forbes's Dart. Based on the discussion below, this may match a BOLD example of Anicla espoetia but it doesn't match the MPG images of that species.

… Chuck Sexton, 17 March, 2022 - 12:09pm

Looks like...

It's a duplicate image, but the other shot is currently sitting at the genus level.
I'm not sure which one you want to remove. I'm adding a few Anicla espoetia today, FYI. (from Texas)

… Bob Biagi, 27 October, 2021 - 1:46pm

Deleted the duplicate observation

Thanks for letting me know. Apparently your thumbnail image link to that one just goes away.

… Chuck Sexton, 27 October, 2021 - 3:38pm

Chuck, I am interested to see this placement. I have photographed a number of these with the same "check-mark" reniform spot, however none of mine have the distinct PM markings of yours. Some were dark like yours but a number were light. I am sending one to BOLD to see what answer I get.

… A. Hendrickson, 21 October, 2015 - 8:57am

Keep us posted

...on the barcoding. I'm not terribly confident in my ID but it's definitely not infecta. I just haven't found enough descriptive info to help tease the others apart.

… Chuck Sexton, 21 October, 2015 - 3:01pm

Still nothing from BOLD but I thought you might like to take a look at Hodges #10910.1. I went to the BOLD images and the reniform spot has the same shape as this one. The only place I have seen it. Found it going through all of the cutworm spreads for someone else! Have never even done that for my self!

… A. Hendrickson, 20 November, 2015 - 2:38pm

Anicla espoetia

Interesting possibility. I agree that this moth looks quite similar to the one BOLD specimen, but differs in some details from the MPG images.

… Chuck Sexton, 20 November, 2015 - 7:34pm