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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 » Papestra
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Papestra cristifera. - Papestra
Copyright © 2022 John L. Richards

Papestra cristifera. - Papestra
Middle Fork of the Blacks Fork River, Summit County, Utah, USA
July 16, 2022
Size: 39 mm wingspan
I posted one of these moths on Dec 14th, Picture #2203901. Steve Morris wrote the following. I am posting two other specimens that look to be the same, to help with the ID. This picture and the next one. Does that help with the ID?

"Papestra
Melachra adjuncta was getting closer, but I believe this is either Papestra brenda or Papestra cristifera. Both are possible at this location. I am leaning toward cristifera because of the substantial amount of white showing in reniform spot. However this moth also looks very close to some of the images of brenda at MPG and BOLD. See a discussion of all of these species here at Pacific Northwest Moths.
… Steve Morris, 16 December, 2022 - 10:24am"
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Contributed by John L. Richards on 17 December, 2022 - 2:07pm
Last updated 17 December, 2022 - 4:50pm

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