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Peridea bordeloni - female

Peridea bordeloni - Female
Snowhill Road north of Cabin Branch Creek, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 4, 2004
Found in a lighted breezeway. Thanks for correction on family, etc.
Location: 36.096710, -78.865059
As I noted in comments, this is right next to some cultivated river birch, Betula nigra, the host plant for bordeloni.
See comments below for update to species! Image updated 9/4/19 (and replaced with a slightly enhanced version--better color saturation).

Moved to Peridea bordeloni
Moved from Chocolate Prominent.

The range would indicate that bordeloni would be more likely. It is similar to one of the samples in BOLD:ACE6277 which I believe is the BIN for bordeloni.

 
very cool
So cool. There is a patch of cultivated river birch, Betula nigra, right next to this site, so that makes sense. Doubly cool in that I met Charles Bordelon on a field trip to Texas several years ago.

Chocolate Prominent
This is a Notodontid. Note the way the hind wings are exposed, and essentially continue the pattern of the fore wings. This is a way to prevent shadows and make the moth cryptic (except when it chooses to sit on a red wall; but this wasn't present during its evolution). Lymantriid moths, with unmarked hind wings, do not expose their hind wings at rest. See your great photo of Dasychira obliquata. So what is this beast? My problem (well one of them anyway) is that I have not seen enough southern specimens of most species. I'm familiar with the NE stuff. If this was seen in NB it would a female
Peridea ferruginea.

 
Looks good
Compare this photo from Maryland of P. angulosa. On this page is a Chocolate Prominent. OK, looks good.

North Carolina State lists P. angulosa (35 pinned) and P. ferruginea (19 pinned).

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina

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