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Red and white moth - Caripeta interalbicans

Red and white moth - Caripeta interalbicans
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
August 19, 2011

Caripeta interalbicans - Hodges #6866 (T)
Moved from ID Request.

tenative placement based on the antemedial line not being dentate

 
Thanks for you efforts. I had
Thanks for your efforts. I had to look at several pictures to understand your comment about dentate.

Caripeta sp
probably Caripeta interalbicans - Hodges #6866, with the much less jagged am line. There is debate considering if Caripeta aequaliaria and C. interalbicans are the same species. Another possiblity, the individuals with straighter am lines are a known, but undescribed species. (I think Bruce Walsh has mentioned this??)
Nice moth!

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