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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Zanclognatha » theralis complex (Zanclognatha theralis complex)
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Litter Moth ? - Zanclognatha
Copyright © 2017 Richard Ballard

Litter Moth ? - Zanclognatha
Port Hilford, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada
August 10, 2017
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Contributed by Richard Ballard on 25 August, 2017 - 12:10pm
Last updated 3 September, 2017 - 6:46pm

Moved to gypsalis-theralis-deceptricalis-inconspiculis complex
Moved from Zanclognatha.

Move to species complex. This might be Z. theralis but the number of true species in this complex has not been fully worked out.
… Steve Nanz, 3 September, 2017 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Yes. Steve Nanz places these to species from here. He did a lot of work straightening out the Genus as it is best to wait for him.

Looks to be a difficult one to me.
… A. Hendrickson, 25 August, 2017 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

 
I am now thinking it looks li
I am now thinking it looks like Usnea Zanclognatha Moth (Zanclognatha theralis). I have photographed a few other specimens around the same time of year at the same place.
… Richard Ballard, 27 August, 2017 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

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