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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Noctuina » Cryptocala » Catocaline Dart - Hodges#11012 (Cryptocala acadiensis)
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Unidentified Underwing - Cryptocala acadiensis
Copyright © 2016 Taylor Leedahl

Unidentified Underwing - Cryptocala acadiensis
Greig Lake, Meadow Lake Provincial Park, Saskatchewan, Canada
July 28, 2016
Size: An inch or so
Looking for an ID on this underwing-like moth. The only moth guide I have is Dave Beadle's Moths of Eastern North America, and this lovely specimen found in northern Saskatchewan is not in there! Thanks for your time.
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Contributed by Taylor Leedahl on 2 August, 2016 - 9:36pm
Last updated 1 February, 2017 - 4:09pm

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… Kyhl Austin, 1 February, 2017 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

Don't think it's a Schinia.....
....especially looking at the way the orbicular and reniform spots join up.

Think this is Cryptocala acadiensis. Have seen it a couple of times. Colour pretty variable, but this one is a reasonably good match:
… Libby & Rick Avis, 1 February, 2017 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

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