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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) » Noctuini » Agrotina » Peridroma » Variegated Cutworm - Hodges#10915 (Peridroma saucia)
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Moth near Ocean, Armyworm Moth? - Peridroma saucia
Copyright © 2008 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Moth near Ocean, Armyworm Moth? - Peridroma saucia
Huntington Beach Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center, Orange County, California, USA
November 15, 2008
Size: 2-3cm
Found this one outside on a lighted wall. The surrounding area is across the highway from the Pacific Ocean beach, and near saltmarsh and salt panne with lots of pickleweed and residential areas built on filled in salt marsh, as well as some heavy industry. Possibly an Owlet moth in Noctuoidea? Maybe Fall Armyworm Moth - Hodges#9666 (Spodoptera frugiperda)? But that's not not known in California. maybe something similar?
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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 16 November, 2008 - 9:59am
Last updated 16 January, 2010 - 8:11pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 January, 2010 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

It looks as Peridroma saucia
It looks as Peridroma saucia (Noctuinae: Agrotini) for me - Hodges' List # 10915
… Jan Metlevski , 9 December, 2008 - 9:50am login or register to post comments

Noctua pronuba?
This is only a guess. N. pronuba, Large Yellow Underwing, is extremely variable. When I see anything that remotely looks like N. pronuba, I give it a nudge to get it to flash its hind wings.
… Steve Nanz, 9 December, 2008 - 3:37am login or register to post comments

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