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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Euclidiini » Mocis » Withered Mocis - Hodges#8744 (Mocis marcida)
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Cool Little Moth - Mocis marcida
Copyright © 2010 Terri Ybarbo

Cool Little Moth - Mocis marcida
Silsbee, within the Big Thicket, Hardin County, Texas, USA
September 8, 2010
Size: about 1 inch long
Found this cool little moth on one of my outside chairs.
I love his pattern.
Please I.D. him for me.
Thanks!
T
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Contributed by Terri Ybarbo on 19 September, 2010 - 1:58am
Last updated 19 September, 2010 - 1:03pm

Moved and cropped photo for closer view
Moved from ID Request.
… Maury J. Heiman, 19 September, 2010 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
rotated & cropped photo
Thank you Maury!
I don't have the software - virus killed it last December....
Looks Great!
Thanks!
: )
T
… Terri Ybarbo, 19 September, 2010 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

8744 - Mocis marcida
8744 - Mocis marcida - Withered Mocis with the PM line turning towards the base before reaching the inner margin.
In Mocis disseverans the PM line continues to the inner margin.
… Maury J. Heiman, 19 September, 2010 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Mocis Moth
Thank you!
T
… Terri Ybarbo, 19 September, 2010 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

Yellow Mocis
This is a Mocis species and most likely Mocis disseverans .
… David E. Reed, 19 September, 2010 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

 
Mocis Moth
Thanks David!
: )
T
… Terri Ybarbo, 19 September, 2010 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

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