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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Pygaerinae » Clostera » Clostera ornata - Hodges#7901.1 (Clostera ornata)
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Clostera of some kind ? - Clostera ornata
Copyright © 2011 Gary McDonald

Clostera of some kind ? - Clostera ornata
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
April 11, 2011
Size: 29mm wingspan spread
Came to black light trap. (live oak/chaparral habitat). Looks like another . 12.8mm forewing length. C. ornata forewing =13.5-17.0mm, while C. apicalis forewing =12.0-15.5mm (1)

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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 12 April, 2011 - 7:31pm
Last updated 13 October, 2023 - 10:19am

Moved
Moved from Clostera.
… Steve Nanz, 13 October, 2023 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

BOLD match
100% match at BOLD to Clostera n. sp. nr. apicalis.
BOLD Sequence ID GMLC458-11 which is placed in BIN BOLD:ACF1323.
… Gary McDonald, 8 March, 2014 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Prominent Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 7 September, 2011 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

Yes,
Clostera. Looks like C. apicalis.
… Libby & Rick Avis, 12 April, 2011 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

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