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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) » Xylenini » Cosmiina » Enargia » Enargia fausta - Hodges#9550.2 (Enargia fausta)
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unknown moth - Enargia fausta
Copyright © 2010 Matthew Priebe

unknown moth - Enargia fausta
Apgar, Glacier National Park, Flathead County, Montana, USA
September 1, 2010
Size: 1 1/4th inch long
This moth was drawn to lights in the evergreen forests of the Northern Rockies.
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Contributed by Matthew Priebe on 22 October, 2010 - 11:19am
Last updated 7 October, 2011 - 11:03pm

Moved
Moved from Enargia.
… Paul Dennehy, 7 October, 2011 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Owlet Moths.
… Paul Dennehy, 22 September, 2011 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

Enargia fausta
A new species described last year by Christian Schmidt in ZooKeys. The dark spot in the bottom of the reniform spot rules out E. decolor, and the bright orange color and very well-defined AM and PM lines distinguish E. fausta from the paler E. infumata.
… Paul Dennehy, 22 September, 2011 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much for the revision and clarification!
Much appreciated.
… Matthew Priebe, 14 October, 2011 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 27 October, 2010 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

Maybe
Enargia infumata (Smoked Sallow).
… cwhit1, 22 October, 2010 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

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