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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 » Boarmiini
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Are these images of one species, or of two?
Copyright © 2018 Petra K. Taylor

Are these images of one species, or of two?
Burrough Valley, Fallen Oak Road, Fresno County, California, USA
July 10, 2012
Size: 3 inches
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Contributed by Petra K. Taylor on 29 January, 2018 - 2:12pm
Last updated 3 February, 2018 - 9:08pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 3 February, 2018 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

Two Moths
This one has no wing damage.
The other one does:
… Bob Biagi, 3 February, 2018 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Two Moths
I know they're different moths. I need to know if they're different species, too, Bob.
… Petra K. Taylor, 3 February, 2018 - 9:13pm login or register to post comments

 
OK
They might be a male and female of the same species, but I'm not sure. Several genera have a few species that look similar to this, including Iridopsis, Pterotaea and Stenoporpia. (sharp "V" on the AM line)
… Bob Biagi, 5 February, 2018 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Bob
You gave me three good starting points. Now it's up to me to nail down which of the three these beauties belong to. :)
… Petra K. Taylor, 5 February, 2018 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

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Stenoporpia? Could be a different one or possibly the same.

Please separate these two photographs.
… A. Hendrickson, 31 January, 2018 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
Two Moths
Could you be a little more specific, please? You gave a species, but didn't specify which the moth to which it applied.
… Petra K. Taylor, 3 February, 2018 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

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