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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) » Eriopygini » Ulolonche » Ulolonche disticha - Hodges#10573 (Ulolonche disticha)
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slant-band moth - Ulolonche disticha
Copyright © 2007 Robin McLeod

slant-band moth - Ulolonche disticha
Beaver, Beaver County, Utah, USA
June 19, 2007
Size: wing about 10 mm
came to light beside store
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 August, 2007 - 12:53am
Last updated 10 September, 2007 - 4:49pm

Ulolonche disticha is a good
Ulolonche disticha is a good match indeed. However, it could be Ulolonche dilecta as well. Both species are variable to some degree and sometimes it is very difficult to separate them without dissection.
… Jan Metlevski , 16 August, 2007 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
I'll stick with disticha
I added some observed differences between the two species in the See Also section on the species page. Although the species are similar and variable, none of the 5 dilecta images I looked at had a contrasting reniform spot like this one, whereas 5 of the 7 disticha images did.
… Robin McLeod, 16 August, 2007 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

Thanks, Jan and Bob
U. disticha looks like a perfect match to me. I put links to 3 other photos and the Hampson plate etc. in the Guide for future reference.

Moved from Moths to new species page.
… Robin McLeod, 15 August, 2007 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

Ulolonche sp.
Ulolonche sp. (Noctuidae: Hadeninae: Eriopygini)
… Jan Metlevski , 14 August, 2007 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Jan, What Do You Think of it Possibly Being....
10573 - Ulolonche disticha, based on this Vargo specimen. Jim has good specimen photos at MPG of the entire genus with the exception of 10570 U. fasciata. Based on a rather dark illustration of a Hampson plate at Joe Kunkel's website I think that species can be ruled out.


© Jim Vargo Plate at MPG
… Bob Patterson, 15 August, 2007 - 6:10am login or register to post comments

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