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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Ourapterygini » Plataea » Plataea diva - Hodges#6925 (Plataea diva)
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Plataea diva
Copyright © 2023 Lee Shoemaker

Plataea diva
Augustine Gate, Santiago Creek, off Santiago Rd., Orange County, California, USA
April 21, 2018
Size: 3/4"
To B.L.
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Contributed by Lee Shoemaker on 5 February, 2023 - 8:01pm
Last updated 5 February, 2023 - 9:55pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request. After placing this, I noticed this other image below from Orange County. See Steve Nanz's comments under this image. According to the Rindge (1976) range maps, P. californiaria ranges along coastal California from well north of Los Angeles and northward. However, after seeing the image below, I am wondering it its range may reach further south. The ST line on your moth is much less prominent than the one below, but it also shows more of an ST line than the one below that I found in the Cleveland National Forest in October. Anyway, I will leave your image here for now, but these comments should reflect that I am now not absolutely certain about this placement.
… Steve Morris, 5 February, 2023 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

 
P. Diva.
I have seen a few of these light brown individuals that have a similar Post- median band as the one I submitted. I'll send them once I can locate them.
… Lee Shoemaker, 6 February, 2023 - 10:54pm login or register to post comments

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