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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) » Noctuini » Agrotina » Feltia » Knee-joint Dart Moth - Hodges#10680 (Feltia geniculata)
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Knee-Joint Dart - Feltia geniculata
Copyright © 2007 Janice Stiefel

Knee-Joint Dart - Feltia geniculata
Town of Baileys Harbor, Hidden Corners Sanctuary, Door County, Wisconsin, USA
August 14, 2003
Size: Wingspan: 1 in.
Adult Feltia geniculata, #10680 came to night light. ID was made by an expert examining the specimen. Geniculata, is from the Latin word, geniculatus, meaning "having a knot or protuberance like a knee or elbow, knotted, kneed," according to "Biological Names and Terms" by Edmund C. Jaeger.
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Contributed by Janice Stiefel on 23 September, 2007 - 2:45pm
Last updated 16 February, 2012 - 9:51am

I looked at this and thought "no way"; however,
I played devil's advocate for a while, and looked at all the other options I could find. After comparing the pattern point for point, this species is by far the best fit, and this individual indeed appears to be just a really strongly contrasted, really dark example of this species.

Moved from Feltia.
… David J. Ferguson, 16 February, 2012 - 9:51am login or register to post comments

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