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NMW2018 Moth #25 - Caenurgina erechtea

NMW2018 Moth #25 - Caenurgina erechtea
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
July 21, 2018
Attracted to light. Found in the morning. Is this Caenurgina erechtea (#8739)? Nearly all of our Forage Looper-like moths looked like this during this week. Toward the end, started finding a few individuals that had the more "normal" gray with black bars across the wings. Wanted to make sure that this was the species we thought, just in case...

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Caenurgina erechtea
Yes, that is a female of Caenurgina erechtea

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