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Photo#1171027
Please help us to identify this moth. - Bagisara rectifascia

Please help us to identify this moth. - Bagisara rectifascia
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
July 18, 2014
Size: length ~18mm

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Please help us to identify this moth. - Bagisara rectifascia Please help us to identify this moth. - Bagisara rectifascia

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Having FINALY noticed Bob Patterson's notation on the info page in the "See also" section and noting the glossy sheen on this moth, I am finally willing to place this one to species.

 
Bagisara rectifascia
My special thanks to Bob Patterson -
Andrew

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Straight Lined Mallow Moth?
It looks like this one, but let's wait for the experts:
Bagisara rectifascia: Good Luck!

 
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Bagisara Genus for sure. Bob, you may be right. These are so close, I am not sure I can tell them apart, but the only ones ID'd by Maury Heiman in Texas are . However, I can see some darkening of the reniform spot. I have only 3 specimens to compare and those are from Schulenburg in May, June, and October. They all show some darkening of the reniform also. I think I will post my light one for comparison.

 
Bagisara rectifascia vs. B. repanda
Guys:

1. I apologize for having sent the Bagisara photographs flipped to the left;

2. I appreciate your tentative species determination and comments;

3. In July, 2014, I photographed another Bagisara species with distinctively darker reniform spots. I am sending the photographs for comparison.
Regards -

Andrew

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