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Leucania - Leucania calidior
Copyright © 2015 Stuart J. Marcus

Leucania - Leucania calidior
Trinity River Refuge HQ building., Liberty County, Texas, USA
November 2, 2015
Trying to make this into L. ursula as it looks the closest with those hairy pits and solid black discal spot. Problem is, this is not found in TX and the timing is way off. Any other suggestions?

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Contributed by Stuart J. Marcus on 23 November, 2015 - 3:51pm
Last updated 25 January, 2016 - 1:07pm

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They appear to be Leucania calidior - Hodges#10460 according to Ed Knudson.
… Stuart J. Marcus, 25 January, 2016 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leucania.
… Stuart J. Marcus, 25 January, 2016 - 1:07pm login or register to post comments

Possibility
Leucania calidior

Info at http://www.nearctica.com/leucania/sysfly/Lcalidior.htm

It's on Knudson/Bordelon 2015 Texas Lep Checklist, but not where in TX (presumably SE though).
… Monica Krancevic, 11 January, 2016 - 7:33am login or register to post comments

 
Monica
Looks like you were correct. See my comment from Ed Knudson. Thanks for helping.
… Stuart J. Marcus, 25 January, 2016 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Woo Hoo!
You're welcome, Stuart. What a great find. Now if I could just ID some of my own moths...
… Monica Krancevic, 27 January, 2016 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

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