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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Catocalini » Underwings (Catocala) » Aholibah Underwing - Hodges#8800 (Catocala aholibah)
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Catocala aholibah ? - Catocala aholibah
Copyright © 2008 Gary McDonald

Catocala aholibah ? - Catocala aholibah
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
August 28, 2008
Size: ~4-5cm. wingspan.
Came to my black light last night. When it would land with the hind wings exposed, it would fly off between the pre-flash and the flash, but it tended not to fly off if the hind wings were not exposed, so I didn't get any photos of it with the hind wings exposed. After looking in Eric's book (1), it looks similar to . I have one other photo that shows a little more of the hind wings, but it is not in sharp focus. (live oak/chaparral habitat).
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 29 August, 2008 - 1:24pm
Last updated 6 October, 2008 - 12:48pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Jason D. Roberts, 6 October, 2008 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

Looks pretty
good to me Gary.

Gary
… Gary Kessler, 30 August, 2008 - 6:42am login or register to post comments

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