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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Balsinae » Balsa » White-blotched Balsa - Hodges#9664 (Balsa labecula)
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Possible Orthosia sp.? - Balsa labecula
Copyright © 2016 Christine Hanrahan

Possible Orthosia sp.? - Balsa labecula
Reveler Conservation Area, North Stormont, Ontario, Canada
June 3, 2015
I am wondering if this might be an Orthosia sp., perhaps Orthosia rubescens?
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Contributed by Christine Hanrahan on 27 February, 2016 - 8:10pm
Last updated 10 August, 2018 - 4:19pm

Moved
Sounds good - we'll move it there
… john and jane balaban, 10 August, 2018 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

What do you think of Balsa?
Owlets, pg 256
… john and jane balaban, 10 August, 2018 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
The Balsa larvae in the Owlet book look very similar to my photo, especially the White-blotched balsa. Larval food is given as hawthorns and chokeberry. There are many hawthorns at the site where I found this caterpillar.
… Christine Hanrahan, 10 August, 2018 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

Maybe a Lithophane sp
Looking again at this photo I posted I now wonder if it is a Lithophane species, maybe Lithophane unimoda? Not Orthosia.
… Christine Hanrahan, 28 February, 2016 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kyhl Austin, 27 February, 2016 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

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