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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Eriopygini » Lacinipolia
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Moth, dorsal - Lacinipolia
Copyright © 2020 Edward L. Ruden

Moth, dorsal - Lacinipolia
Gila National Forest, Catron County, New Mexico, USA
August 16, 2019
Size: 13.2 mm Forewing
Download high resolution image here.

This subject came to a mercury vapor lamp set-up at 33°22'01.3"N 108°04'23.4"W, 6846 ft elevation, Wall Lake 7.5' quadrangle, about 1.5 miles north of Wall Lake near State Route 61 (Forest Road 150), Gila National Forest, Catron Co., NM. Many other images from this event are posted. I collected representative specimens of most, and can follow up with high resolution images of selected ones if needed. Size is determined from the sheet it's on having 80 by 100 threads per inch.

Follow-up 13AUG2020
James T. Vargo considers this a possible undescribed species. Unfortunately, I did not collect it. I did, though, post an image of a second individual of this species with a different color pattern:
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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 15 August, 2020 - 7:13pm
Last updated 8 February, 2022 - 10:24am

Moved
Moved from Owlet Moths.

Thanks Jan for all your ID's.
… Edward L. Ruden, 8 February, 2022 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

Lacinipolia
Lacinipolia. Genitalia examination is necessary for confident ID down to species.
… Jan Metlevski , 7 February, 2022 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

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