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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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noctuid 1 - Alypia octomaculata
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noctuid 1 - Alypia octomaculata
Mississauga, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada
June 25, 2015
Is this Alypia octomaculata or A. langtoni?

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noctuid 1 - Alypia octomaculata noctuid 1 - Alypia octomaculata
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Contributed by sh11 on 31 March, 2016 - 10:38pm
Last updated 1 April, 2016 - 11:46am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Jason D. Roberts, 1 April, 2016 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

I suggest
Alypia sp. because it has a prominent tuft of orange hair-like scales on its legs,however; the distinction of A. langtoni and A. octomaculata is more difficult

Female Alypia langtoni only have 6 spots (one on hind wing) whereas males have 8 spots (two on hind wing). Male A. langtoni have rings on the antennal shafts (which might not be visible on a photo) whereas A. octomaculata does not."
… Marcia Morris, 1 April, 2016 - 6:24am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very
much for this information Marcia!
… sh11, 1 April, 2016 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

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