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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Fruit-piercing Moths (Calpinae) » Calpini » Vampire Moths (Calyptra) » Canadian Owlet - Hodges#8536 (Calyptra canadensis)
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Erebidae, Canadian Owlet, dorsal - Calyptra canadensis
Copyright © 2019 MJ Hatfield

Erebidae, Canadian Owlet, dorsal - Calyptra canadensis
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 15, 2018
This is the first one I've seen since 2005 when they were reared on Purple Meadow rue, Thalictrum dasycarpum

which surprises me since host plants are fairly common in damp road ditches around here. Delighted to see it.
Live BL trap.

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Erebidae, Canadian Owlet, dorsal - Calyptra canadensis Erebidae, Canadian Owlet, lateral - Calyptra canadensis
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 2 February, 2019 - 1:30pm

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