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Apamea vulgaris - Common Apamea? - Lapara bombycoides
Copyright © 2016 nancy dowd

Apamea vulgaris - Common Apamea? - Lapara bombycoides
Lake Torment, East Dalhousie, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
June 30, 2016
Size: ~25mm TL
Of the several look alikes (A. lignicolora, Airy Apamea, Confused Woodgrain-Morrisonia etc), A. vulgaris is the one that looks most like this moth to me. Not a lot of images on BG to compare to. MPG has sightings in my area but also lacks many images. Opinions?
Contributed by nancy dowd on 1 July, 2016 - 7:08am
Last updated 1 July, 2016 - 12:45pm

Moved- Not Noctuidae, Sphingidae
Moved from ID Request.

This is Lapara bombycoides.
… Ryan St Laurent, 1 July, 2016 - 12:45pm

 
Thanks. I should have recogni
Thanks. I should have recognized this as a Sphindx moth.
… nancy dowd, 1 July, 2016 - 4:08pm

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