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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Sterrhinae » Scopulini » Scopula
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Unknown Lepidopteran - Scopula
Copyright © 2009 Aaron Schusteff

Unknown Lepidopteran - Scopula
Rickabaugh Glade, Mayacama Mountains, Mendocino County, California, USA
May 26, 2007
Photographed on Purple Sanicle (Sanicula bipinnatifida) near a large vernal pool within a mountain meadow in scrub oak and chaparral habitat.

At first I thought this might be a ringlet...but the antennae don't look right to me, and I can't see the characteristic Nymphylid "brushfoot" front legs held close under the head. I looked through some of my butterfly books, and then through "Moths of Western North America" but didn't make any progress. I'm hoping an experienced lepidopterist might see it here and recognize it.
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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 27 November, 2009 - 9:01pm
Last updated 31 December, 2009 - 3:55pm

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
… Aaron Schusteff, 31 December, 2009 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 31 December, 2009 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 7 December, 2009 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

Probably Scopula: Possibly 7171 - Scopula sideraria
(no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 28 November, 2009 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

Based on antennae, I'd say moth.
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… Ron Hemberger, 27 November, 2009 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ron
I was thinking the same thing. Too bad the antennae are so blurred...but it's the only shot I got of this guy.
… Aaron Schusteff, 27 November, 2009 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

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