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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Anagogini » Metarranthis » Pale Metarranthis - Hodges#6825 (Metarranthis indeclinata)
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Pale Moth - Metarranthis indeclinata ? - Metarranthis indeclinata
Copyright © 2017 Carolyn Waddell

Pale Moth - Metarranthis indeclinata ? - Metarranthis indeclinata
Three Mile Bay, White Lake, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
June 16, 2017
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Contributed by Carolyn Waddell on 5 November, 2017 - 9:51am
Last updated 22 March, 2018 - 10:01am

Moved
Moved from Metarranthis.
… Paul Dennehy, 22 March, 2018 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

 
This is a better match for me
This is a better match for mestusata than indeclinata. The postmedial shade is not contrasting enough and the discal spots are too indistinct for it to match Ontario indeclinata.
… Chris Schmidt, 24 March, 2018 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

 
mestusata?
Was mestusata raised to full species status from synonymy of hypochraria? If so, what is the reference?
… Steve Nanz, 6 February, 2019 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

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… Kyhl Austin, 13 December, 2017 - 9:13pm login or register to post comments

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… Kyhl Austin, 10 November, 2017 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

Metarranthis species
Your ID is likely correct but it is really only safe to tab this one down to genus. The Peterson Guide to Moths of NE NA includes indeclinata in the Scalloped Metarranthis complex (also includes hypocharia and angularia). They say these can only be separated by dissection or DNA analysis due to the amount of variation within these species.
… nancy dowd, 6 November, 2017 - 1:50am login or register to post comments

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