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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Xanthorhoini » Orthonama » The Gem - Hodges#7414 (Orthonama obstipata)
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Gem Moth - Orthonama obstipata - male
Copyright © 2016 Don Magnusson

Gem Moth - Orthonama obstipata - Male
Tottenham, Ontario, Canada
August 12, 2011
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Contributed by Don Magnusson on 31 January, 2016 - 6:09am
Last updated 4 February, 2016 - 4:47pm

Moved to The Gem
Moved from ID Request.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 4 February, 2016 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks to all who worked on t
Thanks to all who worked on this one. It was a bit of a marathon!
… Don Magnusson, 4 February, 2016 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

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Don, this species can look like yours . I have recently been taking pictures of them with their wings in butterfly position and they have a spot (discal?) on the ventral side of each wing. However, I don't think we can ID one without more of the forewing showing no matter what the species.
… A. Hendrickson, 1 February, 2016 - 7:50am login or register to post comments

 
Costa
The costa looks like a male Orthonama obstipata

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 4 February, 2016 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

 
With only an under wing view,
With only an under wing view, I didn't give you much to work with. Thank you very much for your efforts.
… Don Magnusson, 1 February, 2016 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

 
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Pretty good sleuthing. I did not have any "butterfly wing pictures of this species in my files, but here's a good one from BG files. . Congratulations!
… A. Hendrickson, 4 February, 2016 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

 
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You were photographing in warmer weather, but mine did NOT want to open in the cold. I would suggest collecting, refrigerating, then photographing after the moth's metabolism has slowed if you haven't seen it before and really want it identified. You sometimes can have a lot of time to get the shots you want after they are cold.
… A. Hendrickson, 1 February, 2016 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Folded Wings
It’s common for geometrids in the Ennominae and the Larentiinae subfamilies to fold their wings at rest.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 4 February, 2016 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Geometridae
Perhaps Xanthorhoini
… Aaron Hunt, 31 January, 2016 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

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