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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Agaristinae » Alypia » Eight-spotted Forester - Hodges#9314 (Alypia octomaculata)
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Alypia octomaculata
Copyright © 2016 Charles Allen

Alypia octomaculata
Pitkin, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA
March 14, 2016
Alypia wittfeldii – Wittfeld's Forester Moth
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Contributed by Charles Allen on 14 March, 2016 - 7:28am
Last updated 9 May, 2016 - 9:04pm

Moved
Moved from Alypia.
… Charles Allen, 9 May, 2016 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 18 March, 2016 - 10:08am login or register to post comments

I think octomaculata is corre
I think octomaculata is correct, the more elliptic and smaller yellow patches are actually in octomaculata not wittfeldii. I had it backwards
… Charles Allen, 15 March, 2016 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

Miss. state has a record from
Miss. state has a record from east Louisiana and the description says wittfeldii has more elliptic and narrower yellow spots.
… Charles Allen, 14 March, 2016 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

Our notes limit Wittfeld's to Ga and peninsular Florida
Might this be octomaculata? Here's a similar one from Alabama
… john and jane balaban, 14 March, 2016 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

 
A. wittfeldii is not out of the question, but you're right
A. octomaculata is much more likely.
… Kyhl Austin, 14 March, 2016 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

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