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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Grotellinae » Grotella » Grotella blanca - Hodges#11216 (Grotella blanca)
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Possibly Grotella sampita? - Grotella blanca
Copyright © 2009 cwmelton

Possibly Grotella sampita? - Grotella blanca
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 19, 2009
Size: 1.5 cm
Elevation 5,000. ft.
Oak-Juniper Woodland.
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Contributed by cwmelton on 20 August, 2009 - 9:38am
Last updated 23 February, 2016 - 12:35pm

Moved
Moved from Grotella septempunctata.
… cwmelton, 23 February, 2016 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Owlet Moths.
… Tony Leukering, 8 September, 2014 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

Tentatively 11213 - Grotella septempunctata
This is a species with a pristine terminal area (no markings at outer margin). There are still a few species in Grotellini for which we have no photos, and ranges may still be poorly understood (Walsh doesn't list this one at present). Needs further investigation. (no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 20 August, 2009 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
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This specimen looks much closer to Grotella blanca. Notice the laterally displaced dot in the postmedial line, making the postmedial line almost angular. Compare to the postmedial line of sampita and septempunctata which are more curvilinear.

Also, the dots in septempunctata tend to be bolder than those in blanca and those in the specimen picture above.
… Kevin Keegan, 8 December, 2015 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Grotella blanca
I agree with Kevin. I think it is Grotella blanca.
… Jan Metlevski , 23 February, 2016 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

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