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Western Plume Moth - Hodges#6161 (Oidaematophorus occidentalis)
Photo#534229
Copyright © 2011
Gary McDonald
Pterophorid of some kind -
Oidaematophorus occidentalis
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
June 23, 2011
Size: 27mm wingspan
Came to black light/MV trap. (live oak/chaparral habitat).
Images of this individual:
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Contributed by
Gary McDonald
on 24 June, 2011 - 1:27pm
Last updated 17 April, 2018 - 3:07pm
Moved
Moved from
Protorthodes alfkenii
.
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Gary McDonald
, 17 April, 2018 - 3:07pm
Confusing -
You identified this and it was moved. Now you moved one of the two images someplace else and left the other. Can you explain a little what is happening with the identification?
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john and jane balaban
, 17 April, 2018 - 3:02pm
Didn't realize one image was still tagged
when I moved another image to
Protorthodes alfkenii
. Fixed now.
…
Gary McDonald
, 17 April, 2018 - 3:14pm
Obviously an accidental move.
Obviously an accidental move. I have done that on occasion
:)
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Maury J. Heiman
, 17 April, 2018 - 3:09pm
Moved
Moved from
Oidaematophorus occidentalis
.
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Gary McDonald
, 17 April, 2018 - 10:13am
Moved
Thanks!
Moved from
Pterophorini
.
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Maury J. Heiman
, 16 April, 2018 - 7:28pm
Thank you Maury
for creating the species page.
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Gary McDonald
, 16 April, 2018 - 11:23pm
Oidaematophorus occidentalis
See discussion at
iNaturalist
regarding ID of this specimen. Also compare to photo at
MPG
, and this one at
Spencer Entomological Collection
, and these at
BOLD
.
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Gary McDonald
, 16 April, 2018 - 3:33pm
Moved
Moved from
Plume Moths
.
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John S. Ascher
, 20 August, 2015 - 8:19am
Moved
Moved from
Moths
.
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john and jane balaban
, 28 June, 2011 - 5:11pm