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Copyright © 2009 Aubrey Scott

Common Spring Moth - Heliomata cycladata

Pickens County, Georgia, USA
May 8, 2009
Size: wingspan approx. 20 mm.

Found at porch light.
I would appreciate any comments on the ID of this moth.

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Contributed by Aubrey Scott on 9 May, 2009 - 2:28am
Last updated 15 June, 2009 - 2:19am

Moved

Moved from Common Spring Moth.

… Aubrey Scott, 11 May, 2009 - 10:01pm

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Thank You, Nina and J.D.

I appreciate the helpful info.

I happened to notice that this particular individual had a somewhat smaller white area on the hw (extending onto the fw) than most images of this species that I've found online, which made me look more closely at H. infulata, though I felt pretty sure initially that this was H. cycladata.
Also, I noticed that, while one of the identifying characters of H. infulata is the orange coloration of the hw/fw patches, not all specimens have such a noticeably bright orange area here. For example, this area appears more whitish in the Vargo specimen on MPG, with more color near the costa. But, I have seen that some H. cycladata can show some yellowish or orange coloring on the fw area near the costa, as well.
I see what J.D. means by "subtle differences"!
I guess it's not always "black and white" with these guys.

… Aubrey Scott, 11 May, 2009 - 9:56pm

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that looks right

The images here seem to match Heliomata cycladata. However, I'll qualify that with the statement that i do NOT know how to tell the differnce between the two species in that genus, Common vs. Rare spring moth

… Nina, 9 May, 2009 - 9:28am

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Yes

Heliomata cycladata.

H. cycladata typically has a larger white area on HW, and infulata almost always has a distinctly orange tint to the white areas of the wings. These are sometimes subtle differences, but this one definitely seems to me to be cycladata.

… Jason D. Roberts, 9 May, 2009 - 3:03pm

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ah

thank you, now I know!

… Nina, 9 May, 2009 - 6:04pm

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