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Plusia putnami - Plusia magnimacula
Copyright © 2016 Brian Klassanos

Plusia putnami - Plusia magnimacula
Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
September 7, 2016

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Plusia putnami - Plusia magnimacula Plusia putnami - Plusia magnimacula
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Contributed by Brian Klassanos on 10 September, 2016 - 9:22am
Last updated 3 January, 2018 - 3:40am

Moved
Moved from Putnam's Looper.
… Steve Nanz, 3 January, 2018 - 3:40am login or register to post comments

Can we be sure this is not ma
Can we be sure this is not magnimacula? If so, I wish someone would post the specifics of telling them apart (I haven't had access to the original description). I know there are no present MA records, but the species was only described in 2006 and presumably easily overlooked.
… jim sogaard, 10 September, 2016 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

 
P. magnimacula
I checked the description and added some notes to the Info page for magnimacula. This does appear to be more like that species.
… Steve Nanz, 2 January, 2018 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Steve, for clarifying
Thanks, Steve, for clarifying the difference.
… jim sogaard, 2 January, 2018 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

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