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Plagodis phlogosaria - Straight-lined Plagodis - Hodges#6842 - Plagodis phlogosaria - male

Plagodis phlogosaria - Straight-lined Plagodis - Hodges#6842 - Plagodis phlogosaria - Male
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
July 13, 2018
summer brood

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Plagodis phlogosaria - Straight-lined Plagodis - Hodges#6842 - Plagodis phlogosaria - male Plagodis phlogosaria - Straight-lined Plagodis - Hodges#6842 - Plagodis phlogosaria - male

Looks like...
That moth seems to be a Fervid Plagodis Moth, Plagodis fervidaria, but sometimes these two are easy to mix up. Please double-check the genitalia.
The PM line is straight and complete. So, I'm probably wrong, but the burn-patch is not as smooth as expected.

 
this is definitely P. phlogosaria
checked against the genitalia images from cornell, there's no mistake as to the ID I originally posted. P. fervidaria doesn't have an AM line and the PM line is usually not complete. Summer P. phlogosaria are more yellow and have less burn marks.

 
OK
Great, I remember how confusing this genus is now. That is a good example of what to look for, when placing into this genus.
Eventually, I would like to make a visual guide to the genus for other editors to follow, showing each of the versions of each species and what to look for on them.
What do you think about the "purple" one? -- see here

 
that purple one is very unusu
that purple one is very unusual, too bad it wasn't collected.
I had collected the Canadian Plagodis because I thought it looked odd. The asymmetrical furcae are a summer feature of P. phlogosaria, the first brood has symmetrical ones. I wondered about this when I dissected it, and Tony Thomas sent me a copy of the paper regarding this 2nd brood characteristic. (maybe it's morphing into another species!)

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