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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) » Hadenini » Polia » Pini's Polia - Hodges#10274 (Polia piniae)
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These plain Acronicta-like moths frustrate us! - Polia piniae
Copyright © 2021 john and jane balaban

These plain Acronicta-like moths frustrate us! - Polia piniae
Balaban backyard, LaGrande, Union County, Oregon, USA
June 18, 2021
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 21 July, 2021 - 9:22am
Last updated 22 July, 2021 - 11:13pm

Moved
Looks like PNW Moths shows nimbosa over in the Cascades not in eastern Oregon.
… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2021 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

We're confused
How does one tell piniae from nimbosa ?
… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2021 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

Oh no - we're regressing
shouldn't we know more in 2021 than we did in 2015?
… john and jane balaban, 21 July, 2021 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

 
I do the same thing.
If I have not seen something for a few years, it is easy to start looking under the what I believe is most similar. However, thanks to the MPG plate series, I can quickly begin to rule out some of those look a likes. And for some reason, I am drawn to Acronicta species and enjoy the challenge of identifying them!
… Steve Morris, 21 July, 2021 - 10:57am login or register to post comments

Looks like Polia...
Possibly Polia piniae. It looks like you reported a couple of these from Oregon in 2015.
… Steve Morris, 21 July, 2021 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

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