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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) » Eriopygini » Protorthodes » Rufous Quaker - Hodges#10557 (Protorthodes rufula)
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Compact red-brown Quaker-like Moth with carpet-patterning - Protorthodes rufula
Copyright © 2010 Emile

Compact red-brown Quaker-like Moth with carpet-patterning - Protorthodes rufula
Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 7, 2010
Size: ~ 15 mm long
Came to black-light.

Seems to be a Quaker Moth (Protorthodes rufula).
But then there is the mysteriously similar-looking Homoglaea californica.
We'd highly appreciate it if someone could enlighten the BG community by pointing out the differences between these two species in different tribes.

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Compact red-brown Quaker-like Moth with carpet-patterning - Protorthodes rufula Compact red-brown Quaker-like Moth with carpet-patterning - Protorthodes rufula
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Contributed by Emile on 2 August, 2010 - 2:42pm
Last updated 11 November, 2012 - 8:55pm

Moved
Moved from Owlet Moths.
… Emile, 11 November, 2012 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Jason D. Roberts, 10 November, 2012 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks again, Jason !
What do you think of Protorthodes rufula ?
… Emile, 11 November, 2012 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Protorthodes rufula would be my call.
… Jason D. Roberts, 11 November, 2012 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Awesome ! Thanks Jason !
Shall I move it there (until anyone protests) ?
… Emile, 11 November, 2012 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Sure
Move at will. :-)
… Jason D. Roberts, 11 November, 2012 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

further insight
I learned that Homoglaea californica adults fly from late November to March, rarely April.
This rules H. californica out as a potential candidate, as this adult was flying in June.

I also learned that the food-plants of Protorthodes rufula larvae are various rosaceous trees and shrubs.
There are a few rosaceous trees and shrubs on the Preserve, namely: Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia), Catalina cherry (Prunus lyonii), and California rose (Rosa californica).
Hence, P. rufula is still the primary suspect ...
… Emile, 8 October, 2010 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… john and jane balaban, 11 August, 2010 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

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