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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 » Pherne » Pherne subpunctata - Hodges#6952 (Pherne subpunctata)
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unknown moth - Pherne subpunctata
Copyright © 2008 Gary McDonald

unknown moth - Pherne subpunctata
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
October 21, 2008
Size: ~15mm.
Came to black light. I've just started photographing the moths which come to my black light, so I'll likely be submitting more than one photo of the same species until I get an idea of the variation within each species. (live oak/chaparral habitat).
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 25 October, 2008 - 1:15pm
Last updated 30 November, 2015 - 4:06pm

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.

I agree Kyle, that is what I came up with before I realized both were Gary's pictures. Gives California another later month.
… A. Hendrickson, 30 November, 2015 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

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Gary, this reminds me of your other image here: .
Might this be another Pherne?
… Kyhl Austin, 1 May, 2015 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Chuck Entz, 29 August, 2009 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

Reminds me of an October Thor
Reminds me of an October Thorn, Hodges#6954 (Synaxis jubararia), but it's not one. (Missing couple of spots.) Still you might want to start looking around in that genus/family.
… Elliotte Rusty Harold, 25 October, 2008 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Agree on Synaxis
As to the spots .. sometimes they are very faint. Also, is the wing folded to the point of covering them? John Davis shows S. cervinaria with very faint spots and I have S. jubararia with very faint spots.
… Dick Wilson, 7 March, 2009 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

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