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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Phalaenostola » Black-banded Owlet - Hodges#8364 (Phalaenostola larentioides)
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Phalaenostola metonalis - Phalaenostola larentioides - male
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Phalaenostola metonalis - Phalaenostola larentioides - Male
Fishers/Fortville , Hamilton County, Indiana, USA
August 9, 2023
Length of palps
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Contributed by Dan McCord on 10 August, 2023 - 10:29am
Last updated 11 August, 2023 - 1:23pm

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… Bob Biagi, 11 August, 2023 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I had thought Phalaenostola metonalis as it seemed to best match the images for that sp, but most of all, the length of the palps (as long as head and thorax combined) seemed more consistent with P metonalis
… Dan McCord, 11 August, 2023 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

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