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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)
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Noctuidae, Xestia, dorsal
Copyright © 2018 MJ Hatfield

Noctuidae, Xestia, dorsal
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
July 13, 2018
July 10, 2018: collected larva on Jewelweed, Impatiens pallida only for a photo. It looked common, like something I've seen before, probably even reared.
July 14, 2017: finally got around to looking at it more closely and it is not something I've seen before
Guessing: Xestia c-nigrum/dolosa complex
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September 2, 2018: missed the emergence of the moth, wings didn't inflate, found dead
This sometimes happens with (my) rearings: the moth, looking fully formed, dies in the unopened pupal case, or it dies while eclosing, pupal case opened but moth stuck, or the moth emerges and the wings don't inflate.

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 14 July, 2018 - 10:52am
Last updated 27 December, 2018 - 8:27am

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