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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Amphipyrinae » Psaphidini » Psaphidina » Sallow Moths (Copivaleria) » Grote's Sallow - Hodges#10021 (Copivaleria grotei)

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Copyright © 2006 Robin McLeod

gray mottled moth - Copivaleria grotei -

Ailsa Craig, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
April 20, 2006
Size: wingspan about 30 mm

came to garage light; don't recall seeing this one before

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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 21 April, 2006 - 11:51pm
Last updated 30 March, 2024 - 12:54pm

Moved to Lithophane sp. page

per Bob Patterson

… john and jane balaban, 11 June, 2006 - 6:50pm

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I have a hunch

this might be an oddly-marked Grote's Sallow (Copivaleria grotei); there were many of them around here in late April/early May.
I've sent this and 2 other shots to Jeff Crolla (Lep. Soc. Coordinator for ON/QC) asking for his thoughts. Hopefully will hear back soon.

… Robin McLeod, 11 June, 2006 - 11:27pm

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I think

you are right. This specimen looks similarly to Jim Vargo's photo of Copivaleria grotei at MPG.

… Jan Metlevski , 26 June, 2006 - 12:04pm

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further development

I heard back from Jeff Crolla and he also thinks it looks like an unusually pale Copivaleria grotei. He said he didn't have Poole's MONA fascicle on the Cuculliinae with him at the time, but Forbes mentions that Manitoba populations of grotei are "almost the color of [Psaphida] resumens." Perhaps this pale form occasionally turns up in Ontario too.

Photos were also sent to Don Lafontaine but he hasn't answered yet. I couldn't find the specimen by Jim Vargo that you referred to. Do you have the link?

Image moved from Moths page to Grote's Sallow page for now.

… Robin McLeod, 8 July, 2006 - 10:54pm

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We'll move it back to the moth base page then

We'll move it back to the moth base page then

… john and jane balaban, 12 June, 2006 - 7:10am

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Lithophane sp.

Probably one of Lithophane (MONA 9885-9928) species.

… Jan Metlevski , 29 April, 2006 - 2:33pm

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Thanks

Possibly a Lithophane species, but I looked through the appropriate CBIF page and none of them seemed to fit. Nothing jumped out on any of the other noctuid pages either :(

… Robin McLeod, 29 April, 2006 - 9:15pm

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