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Colorful mating pair on composite flower - Noctueliopsis aridalis - male - female
Copyright © 2019 Aaron Schusteff

Colorful mating pair on composite flower - Noctueliopsis aridalis - Male Female
Henderson Canyon, Anza-Borrego, San Diego County, California, USA
March 23, 2019
Mating pair found on flower of Chaenactis fremontii. Color pattern on base of wing at left kind of reminds me Schinia group...but the wing shape (long & narrow) & posture (held "roof-like") is way off for that group. I really don't have a clear idea on the ID beyond "moth" ;-)

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 16 May, 2019 - 4:15pm
Last updated 16 May, 2019 - 6:03pm

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… Aaron Schusteff, 16 May, 2019 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

Noctueliopsis aridalis
Images here.
… cwmelton, 16 May, 2019 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, I think you got it...thanks!
Desert range is good, with a number of records from Anza-Borrego area. And the forewing color pattern of the one on the left is a good match for the one below:

   

A bit of déjà vu for me ;-)
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