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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Heterocampa » Heterocampa astartoides - Hodges#7978 (Heterocampa astartoides)
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Heterocampa astartoides
Copyright © 2008 Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew

Heterocampa astartoides
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
August 7, 2008

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Contributed by Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew on 8 August, 2008 - 5:16pm
Last updated 20 October, 2009 - 6:49pm

Moved
Moved from Heterocampinae.
… Jason D. Roberts, 20 October, 2009 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

Hi Jerry, I've had your image
Hi Jerry, I've had your images tagged since you posted them last week... and this one has me stumped. The closest I could find was on MPG here, --See D. Lynn Scott's photo, which looks quite similar to yours, but I'm not sure that's close enough??
… Nina, 11 August, 2008 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

 
Nina- Thanks! However the ant
Nina- Thanks! However the antennae are different.
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 25 November, 2008 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

 
Nina take a look at H.biundat
Nina take a look at H.biundata at http://bugguide.net/node/view/167787
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 25 November, 2008 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

 
ID question
we don't know what it is, asking 5 times in one morning doesn't make us know more. You have to wait for one of the moth experts.
… John R. Maxwell, 25 November, 2008 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

 
Not an expert
but I was watching and leaning the same way based one these. I'm still not sure if we are correct though.
… John R. Maxwell, 11 August, 2008 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

 
John- Thanks! However the ant
John- Thanks! However the antennae are different.
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 25 November, 2008 - 8:46am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for your input John.
Thanks for your input John.

My only reservation with my guess was that all the specimens except for D.L. Scott's are missing the darker area the runs from the head to the inner margin of the forwing. This one's a toughie for sure!
… Nina, 11 August, 2008 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Image
just to add to the confusion


I would say wait for an expert or Heterocampinae looks safe.
… John R. Maxwell, 11 August, 2008 - 1:46pm login or register to post comments

 
John- T think this photo is m
John- T think this photo is most like the ones in question.
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 25 November, 2008 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

 
I don't know
it wouldn't shock me if someone said Heterocampa astarte 7977 or something like that. It is tough.
… John R. Maxwell, 11 August, 2008 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

 
John- I think the H. biundata
John- I think the H. biundata is closer than the H. astarte.
… Gerald (Jerry) R. Donehew, 25 November, 2008 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

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