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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) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Sunira » Bicolored Sallow - Hodges#9957 (Sunira bicolorago)
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Noctuidae - Sunira bicolorago
Copyright © 2017 MJ Hatfield

Noctuidae - Sunira bicolorago
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
May 25, 2015
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 3 February, 2017 - 8:54pm
Last updated 4 February, 2017 - 6:21am

Moved
Moved from Owlet Moths and kin.
… MJ Hatfield, 4 February, 2017 - 6:21am login or register to post comments

Very pale
but we get the feeling of Sunira
… john and jane balaban, 3 February, 2017 - 10:33pm login or register to post comments

 
I want to ask:
how'd you find that?
But yes, good match I think.
… MJ Hatfield, 4 February, 2017 - 6:19am login or register to post comments

 
You can see that there are quite a few
caterpillar images on the species page, so it is just one of the dorsal color patterns that we have come to know. It is nice when there is something relatively unique to home in on.
… john and jane balaban, 4 February, 2017 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

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