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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) » Orthosiini » Orthosia
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Moth - Orthosia - Orthosia
Copyright © 2018 Bill Katz

Moth - Orthosia - Orthosia
Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
March 30, 2018
An Orthosia moth with prominent yellow outlines on spots. Would this be an Orthosia revicta?
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Contributed by Bill Katz on 30 March, 2018 - 11:08am
Last updated 9 January, 2019 - 7:33pm

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Orthosia hibisci
Both species are variable. However, if you look at the light subterminal line, you can see darker brown shading next to it on the medial side (i.e. side closest to the middle of the wing). That's one of the indicators for O. hibisci.
O. revicta has shading on the terminal side of the ST line (i.e. the side of the ST line closest to the lower edge of the wing).
… Libby & Rick Avis, 31 March, 2018 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Ortho hibisci
Libby,

Thanks for pointing out the differences between revicta and hibisci,

Bill
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