Erebid Moth - Hypena palparia - BugGuide.Net

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Erebid Moth - Hypena palparia

Pack Forest (near Eatonville), Pierce County, Washington, USA
July 11, 2009

See other images from the 2009 BugGuide Gathering here: gathering_2009

Contributed by Kevin Hall on 4 December, 2010 - 9:43pm
Last updated 9 March, 2013 - 5:34pm

Moved

Moved from Frass.

… Kevin Hall, 24 January, 2011 - 5:02pm

Frassed

Moved from Hypena.

… Kevin Hall, 23 January, 2011 - 7:47pm

Oh, I wouldn't frass it!

It's a great shot and none of the other photos of this guy show the underwing so clearly.

… Libby & Rick Avis, 24 January, 2011 - 2:29pm

Pretty sure

it's Hypena palparia. John got one too:

… Libby & Rick Avis, 23 January, 2011 - 7:22pm

Moved

Moved from Mottled Bomolocha.

… Kevin Hall, 25 December, 2010 - 12:53pm

Moved

Moved from Hypena.

… Kevin Hall, 25 December, 2010 - 12:50pm

Moved

Moved from Moths.

… Charley Eiseman, 6 December, 2010 - 11:34pm

Hypena

This is actually an Erebid moth in the genus Hypena (formerly Bomolocha)... I'm not familiar enough with the western species to say which species this ts though.

… Paul Dennehy, 6 December, 2010 - 11:28pm

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