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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cobubathinae » Tripudia » Tripudia rectangula - Hodges#9003.1 (Tripudia rectangula)
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Tripudia rectangula
Copyright © 2008 Cotinis

Tripudia rectangula
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
August 31, 2008
Size: 15 mm wingspan
At my porch light. Wing chord 7 mm, giving an estimate of 15 mm for wingspan.
See comments on ID--thanks, Bob! (And thanks for the update on classification.)
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Contributed by Cotinis on 2 November, 2008 - 8:57pm
Last updated 14 May, 2011 - 1:33pm

Moved
Moved from Tripudia quadrifera.
… Maury J. Heiman, 14 May, 2011 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

Tripudia rectangula - Hodges #9003.1
The recent revision by Pogue (2009) has T. quadrifera confined to Texas and T. rectangula occupying most the remainder of the North American range.(1)
… Maury J. Heiman, 14 May, 2011 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

9003 - Tripudia quadrifera
The Acontiinae-Pantheinae hold a lot of surprises, moths that suggest belonging to different families.
… Bob Patterson, 2 November, 2008 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks, Bob--your help is much appreciated. I should have checked this family--I've seen a sneaky little Tripudia before.
… Cotinis, 3 November, 2008 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

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