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Cattail Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#9280 (Acronicta insularis)
Photo#48624
Copyright © 2006
Robin McLeod
Henry's Marsh Moth (brown form) -
Acronicta insularis
South Bay, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
April 6, 2006
Size: wingspan 25-30 mm
on wall of gas station at night; there were at least 4 of these moths on the wall or on the ground around the lights
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Contributed by
Robin McLeod
on 19 April, 2006 - 7:26pm
Last updated 21 April, 2006 - 8:30am
9280 - Simyra insularis [formerly henrici] - Henry's Marsh Moth
... James Adams, to whom I sent the photo, concurs in this identification.
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Bob Patterson
, 20 April, 2006 - 7:20pm
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Thanks again, Bob
I see now that
this image
by James Adams (specimen collected in Georgia?) has uniformly light brown forewings like mine.
All-Leps lists two subspecies:
S. i. insularis
and
S. i. julitae
, so maybe the nominate subspecies is the "typical" whitish one with dark streaks found in the north, and
julitae
is a light brown subspecies from Georgia and Florida (?)
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Robin McLeod
, 20 April, 2006 - 9:48pm
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I don't know......
Your photo is the first I have seen from the south. Adams did not mention whether or not it is "typical" there. Truth be told, the Canadian photos don't show really strong markings, and I can bring out the darker areas a bit more in your moth by increasing contrast. Still, it is not what Covell leads you to expect.
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Bob Patterson
, 20 April, 2006 - 9:58pm
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Can't Find a Match....
... but I wonder if this could be a faded or aberrant Henry's Marsh Moth, 9280 - Simyra henrici. Otherwise, it recalls the form of some of the Arctiidae, which makes me wonder if (all things are possible in Florida) this might be an introduction from elsewhere.
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Bob Patterson
, 19 April, 2006 - 10:21pm
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Me neither
Thanks, Bob. I spent probably too long looking for a match on the web and couldn't find anything decent, so an introduced species sounds plausible.
There were four of these hanging around a gas station; the others looked virtually identical to this one and the
first individual
, so whatever they are, they're consistent.
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Robin McLeod
, 20 April, 2006 - 12:57am
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