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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Plagiomimicus
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9500 Giant Sunflower [Maritime] Borer ??? - Plagiomimicus
Copyright © 2008 Mark Dreiling

9500 Giant Sunflower [Maritime] Borer ??? - Plagiomimicus
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
August 30, 2007
It came to UV light near pond in wooded area of a flood plain.
My best match is 9500 Giant Sunflower [Maritime] Borer - Papaipema maritima,
here MPG1 and here MPG2
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Contributed by Mark Dreiling on 4 February, 2008 - 12:26pm
Last updated 18 October, 2013 - 2:09pm

Moved to Plagiomimicus
Moved from Frothy Moth.

See comments below. Although I'm leaning toward heitzmani, I moving to genus for now. Feel free to correct me on this.
… Steve Nanz, 18 October, 2013 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Borer Moths.
… Paul Dennehy, 9 October, 2013 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

 
ID Question
How is P. heitzmani eliminated?
… Steve Nanz, 10 October, 2013 - 4:21am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Steve
Thank you for pointing that out. Actually, I think P. heitzmani fits better. The postmedial line is more straight than in spumosum. Also the subterminal area has the same color as the medial area. In spumosum the subterminal area is usually lighter than medial area.
… Jan Metlevski , 18 October, 2013 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

9741.1 - Plagiomimicus heitzmani?
… Steve Nanz, 15 September, 2011 - 4:59am login or register to post comments

I think it is Plagiomimicus s
I think it is Plagiomimicus spumosum (Noctuidae: Stiriinae: Stiriini) - Hodges' List #9748
… Jan Metlevski , 26 October, 2008 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

 
update 7 Dec 2008
After looking at many more Plagiomimicus and Papaipema photos, I think this is a Papaipema species but still can't choose between maritima and necopina.

A copy of this photo has been placed under P. maritima at MPG; I wonder how the species ID was determined?
… Robin McLeod, 26 October, 2008 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

Looking at those two pages
...maritima looks good ...but so do necopina and silphii. Assuming some amount of variation among these species, I don't know how to rule out any of them.
… Robin McLeod, 15 February, 2008 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
silphii has a purpilish tinge
silphii has a purpilish tinge, and it feeds on Prairie Dock (Silphium). It's a rarer moth, and will only be found in vicinity to large groves of the Dock. While I can't rule it out, it's probably not silphii.
… Chris Grinter, 26 October, 2008 - 5:45am login or register to post comments

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