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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Heliothinae » Heliolonche » Heliolonche modicella - Hodges#11207 (Heliolonche modicella)
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Heliolonche cf. modicella - Heliolonche modicella
Copyright © 2008 LynnWatson

Heliolonche cf. modicella - Heliolonche modicella
Figueroa Mountain, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
April 10, 2008
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Contributed by LynnWatson on 25 April, 2008 - 5:46pm
Last updated 31 March, 2012 - 4:15pm

Moved
Moved from Heliolonche.
… Hartmut Wisch, 31 March, 2012 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

I was just wondering where mo
I was just wondering where more precisely this was on Figueroa? I'd like to find this moth as well...
… Chris Grinter, 20 March, 2009 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Heliolonche modicella
Hi, I just saw this message today after seeing that you saw it (on the SoWesLep list). I was looking through your list, and checked the name on my site. I found it on Layia near 34.721 -119.963 last year.
… LynnWatson, 24 April, 2009 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

Reminds us a little of
but we'll have to look deeper.
… john and jane balaban, 25 April, 2008 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

 
your photo
John and Jane Balaban's photo looks more like Heliothodes diminutiva to me than anything else on Moth Photographers Group.
… Al Ludtke, 27 June, 2023 - 2:05am login or register to post comments

 
Heliolonche
I do think this specimen of Lynn's may very well be a Heliolonche carolus. Good call.

However, on a side note, I should note that the linked picture, I believe, is not H. carolus, due to the pale band not reaching the apex and the faint diffuse (lavender-ish) ST line.
… Jason D. Roberts, 25 April, 2008 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Heliolonche modicella
I have had a positive id of " Heliolonche modicella". Thanks everyone for the comments.
… LynnWatson, 28 April, 2008 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Heliolonche
Good to hear you got a positive ID. I didn't think to suggest modicella since I've never seen a light pink modicella with that light of thoracic scaling, but the FW pattern is a good match and modicella is definitely in your locale. I guess there is quite a bit a variation in the color.
… Jason D. Roberts, 29 April, 2008 - 6:55am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for that response.
Looks like the right direction.
… LynnWatson, 25 April, 2008 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

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