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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Omopterini » Euparthenos » Locust Underwing - Hodges#8719 (Euparthenos nubilis)
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Acronicta modica cat? - Euparthenos nubilis
Copyright © 2018 Marcia Morris

Acronicta modica cat? - Euparthenos nubilis
Massanutten Resort, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
July 28, 2018
Gathering_2018

Can anyone confirm?
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Contributed by Marcia Morris on 30 July, 2018 - 7:25am
Last updated 30 July, 2018 - 12:27pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 30 July, 2018 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

We were thinking this might be
in that Melipotis / Phoberia cluster, but we are reasonably sure that this is Euparthenos nubilis, Owlets, pg 185.
… john and jane balaban, 30 July, 2018 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

 
That does look pretty good.
That does look pretty good.
… jim sogaard, 30 July, 2018 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

 
based on
I had based my query on this image:
… Marcia Morris, 30 July, 2018 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

 
We looked at Acronicta
but the dorsal pattern is the reverse, dark in the center and light on the sides, whereas your post is light in the center and darker along the sides. That's why we looked at Euparthenos
… john and jane balaban, 30 July, 2018 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

 
I agree with you
is it safe for me to move to Locust Underwing?
… Marcia Morris, 30 July, 2018 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
We had the adult at our sheets, as well!
… Marcia Morris, 30 July, 2018 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

I don't see Acronicta. Looks
I don't see Acronicta. Looks a lot more like a Zale but I wouldn't care to guess the species.
… jim sogaard, 30 July, 2018 - 8:04am login or register to post comments

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