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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) » Leucaniini » Leucania » Adjutant Wainscot - Hodges#10456 (Leucania adjuta)
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Dotted Moth - Leucania adjuta
Copyright © 2009 Gacko

Dotted Moth - Leucania adjuta
Desoto, Dallas County, Texas, USA
September 19, 2009
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Contributed by Gacko on 21 September, 2009 - 12:17am
Last updated 14 January, 2014 - 2:04pm

Moved
Moved from Lesser Wainscot.

M. oxygala has a more even yellow look to it than this, has less black speckling throughout, and doesn't have quite so bold a white streak from the base to the discal spot. L. adjuta is also much more abundant in the South than M. oxygala is.
… Paul Dennehy, 14 January, 2014 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Owlet Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 January, 2010 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 January, 2010 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for sorting through old pages.
Does this look like a Lesser Wainscot Moth (Mythimna oxygala)?
… Gacko, 3 January, 2010 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
It does!
I knew it looked familiar--I thought maybe Armyworm, but I checked that and it didn't look quite right. If I'd only backed up to genus level I would have found it!
… Charley Eiseman, 3 January, 2010 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 11 October, 2009 - 7:34am login or register to post comments

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