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Givira
Copyright © 2016 Rich Kelly

Givira
Lee Vining, Mono County, California, USA
July 20, 2016
Came to lights.
Same thing as a few back?
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Contributed by Rich Kelly on 11 August, 2016 - 1:29pm
Last updated 2 September, 2016 - 7:25am

Moved
Moved from Carpenter and Leopard Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 1 September, 2016 - 11:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for your help. Is 127
Thanks for your help.
Is 1274255 the same thing? Shot on the same gas station wall.
… Rich Kelly, 2 September, 2016 - 7:27am login or register to post comments

 
Givira ethela?
This looks like it could be Givira ethela but a better angle and a view of the hind wing might be needed. The image at MPG has been replaced as the old one was misidentified. Your moth matches the illustration in Barnes & McDunnough (1911) (1) a little better as well as the original description. There appears to be a big range in appearance. They can be darker or much lighter and sandy looking.

Your 1274255 looks like Acossus populi.
… Steve Nanz, 3 March, 2020 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

 
lighter and sandy?
I have been struggling with MPG and BOLD images of ethela as compared to the original description (1893) and image posted in Barnes & McDunnough (1911). The species was described from Colorado. The image in Barnes & McDunnough is from Eureka, UT. All of the public data BOLD images are from Mono County, CA. I recently placed some images at BG under ethela that were reported from Inyo and Mono counties in CA. However, I was not super confident of their placement and was thinking about moving them back to genus until I saw your comments on this moth.
… Steve Morris, 18 September, 2022 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Rich Kelly, 15 August, 2016 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

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Cossidae, see .
… A. Hendrickson, 12 August, 2016 - 12:47pm login or register to post comments

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