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Owlet Moth ? - Orthosia - male

Owlet Moth ? - Orthosia - Male
Cottonwood, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
March 14, 2018

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Moved from ID Request.

 
Orthosia?
I think this one might be Orthosia. I just placed the two images below at Orthosia. They were also taken by David Thornburg at the same location and about the same time of year. At first I thought they might be Orthosia terminata based upon images at MPG, but after discussion with Jim Vargo decided to move those to genus. I have added information under the 'See Also' sections for P. pectinata and O. terminata to help differentiate. In order to be pectinata, I think there needs to be at least a slight bend in the FW outer margin toward the reniform as is typical of Perigonica and the antenna needs to be more strongly bipectinate (approaching plumose) than what is showing on this moth. As far as placement in Orthosia, I am not even sure if O. terminata is found in Arizona and Chuck Harp told me in 2020 that they were trying to identify at least three undescribed Orthosia in the Southwest. So, I felt it safest to place the ones below at the genus.

 
PNW Moths
PNW Moths has images of P. pectinata and O. terminata that allow you to zoom in on the antennae and gives a pretty good feel for the differences.

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