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Orange Virbia - Hodges#8121 (Virbia aurantiaca)
Photo#326964
Copyright © 2009
Christopher Adam
small moth or butterfly -
Virbia aurantiaca
Noonan - Acadia Research Forest, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
July 31, 2009
Size: 1.5cm
On woods road in bright sunlight, coniferous forest.
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Contributed by
Christopher Adam
on 30 August, 2009 - 3:40pm
Last updated 31 August, 2009 - 4:47pm
Moved
Moved from
Holomelina
.
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Christopher Adam
, 31 August, 2009 - 4:47pm
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Moved
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Holomelina
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Christopher Adam
, 31 August, 2009 - 4:46pm
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Looks like: [thumb:199350]
Looks like:
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Christopher Adam
, 31 August, 2009 - 4:12pm
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My moth expert in New Brunswi
My moth expert in New Brunswick, Jim Edsall, says this (after viewing the BG page):
Your moth looks like Viribia (Holomelina) aurantiaca. It is pretty hard
to say with certainty without seeing the hindwing, but the locality, a wood
road, suggests that species rather than V. lamae which is almost entirely
restricted to bogs.
So, Holomoline aurantiaca #8121?
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Christopher Adam
, 31 August, 2009 - 4:05pm
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That's for you to decide.............
Personally, I'd accept the local expert's advice. "Probably," "most likely," and "suggests that species" is as good as it gets in many cases.
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Bob Patterson
, 31 August, 2009 - 4:39pm
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Done! Thanks, Bob!
Done! Thanks, Bob!
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Christopher Adam
, 31 August, 2009 - 4:47pm
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Moved
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Christopher Adam
, 31 August, 2009 - 6:51am
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Virbia [=Holomelina] spp.
(no rsvp, thanks)
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Bob Patterson
, 30 August, 2009 - 7:49pm
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