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Red and white moth - Noctueliopsis aridalis

Red and white moth - Noctueliopsis aridalis
Mecca Beach Campground, Salton Sea, Riverside County, California, USA
March 21, 2009
Size: ~1cm
Another moth from the restroom.

Moved
Moved from Moths. I need to get that book! Thanks Bob.

orange, red & white
You'd think with those colors and that pattern this one would be easy, but I didn't see a match in my Holland Moth guide.

 
Appears to be 4834 - Noctueliopsis aridalis
Moths of Western North America Plate 22:2.

 
Interesting. We don't seem to
Interesting. We don't seem to have a guide page for that yet, and I don't see it at the Moth Photographers Group either, but I do see one at Cal Photos. Just wish I had had a ring flash and a decent macro lens when I took the photo. (I had just made the transition to DSLR about a month before that trip.)

 
Jerry Powell Photos at CalPhotos....
.... all of the microleps through Pyraloidea (different photos of the same specimens that appear in MWNA) will be on plates and species pages at MPG within a week or so. (no rsvp, thanks)

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