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Cat TS 10 05 - Tarache delecta
Copyright © 2005 Herschel Raney

Cat TS 10 05 - Tarache delecta
Toadsuck beach, AR River, Perry County, Arkansas, USA
October 10, 2005
Size: >50mm
Traveling across a path near the river. So I can't say what food plant it was on. Very close to the Gonodonta on page 371 of Wagner but we don't have that species. Unclear what local species we have.
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Contributed by Herschel Raney on 11 October, 2005 - 3:50pm
Last updated 9 September, 2015 - 1:09pm

Moved
Moved from Acontiinae.
… john and jane balaban, 9 September, 2015 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Noctuoidea.
… john and jane balaban, 22 December, 2010 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gonodonta.
… David J. Ferguson, 22 November, 2010 - 2:35am login or register to post comments

Cat
David Wagner sent me a note saying he had not seen this cat before. I think he was also hinting it was not a Gonodonta but a Noctuid of some sort. Lord what a noctuid cat.
… Herschel Raney, 21 August, 2006 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

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