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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Melipotini » Phoberia » Common Oak Moth - Hodges#8591 (Phoberia atomaris)
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Phoberia atomaris? - Phoberia atomaris - female
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Phoberia atomaris? - Phoberia atomaris - Female
Newton, Baker County, Georgia, USA
February 22, 2016
Size: 23-24mm BL
Obviously attracted to light in early morning; mild temperature
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Contributed by Hemipteran Seeker on 22 February, 2016 - 4:53am
Last updated 23 February, 2016 - 6:24am

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… Hemipteran Seeker, 23 February, 2016 - 6:24am login or register to post comments

Yes, A Common Oak Moth (P. at
Yes, A Common Oak Moth (P. atomaria). Not sure it is a female though.
… nancy dowd, 23 February, 2016 - 3:35am login or register to post comments

 
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I was basing off the antennae not being plumose; is that fallacious?
… Hemipteran Seeker, 23 February, 2016 - 4:24am login or register to post comments

 
It seems so for this moth. Br
It seems so for this moth. Browsing through the images of this species on BugGuide I do not see any with feathery antennae. I can't imagine they are all females so both sexes must be similar.

The antennae do separate the sexes of many moths however.
… nancy dowd, 23 February, 2016 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

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