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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Noctuina » Anaplectoides » Green Arches - Hodges#11000 (Anaplectoides prasina)
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Greenish Moth - Anaplectoides prasina
Copyright © 2011 Harvey Schmidt

Greenish Moth - Anaplectoides prasina
Coldstream, Southern, British Columbia, Canada
September 22, 2011
Came to the porch light. Greenish but looks worn. Ideas?

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Contributed by Harvey Schmidt on 12 November, 2011 - 8:03am
Last updated 6 December, 2015 - 8:54am

Moved
Moved from Owlet Moths.

Placed per ID by Libby Avis.
… A. Hendrickson, 6 December, 2015 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Jason D. Roberts, 11 November, 2012 - 12:10am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Harvey Schmidt, 12 November, 2011 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

 
Agree on Anaplectoides prasina
Had a lot of these guys here in Port Alberni this year, some of them pretty worn like yours.
… Libby & Rick Avis, 12 November, 2011 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert - Not an ID
I can almost see it being Anaplectoides prasina (Green Arches - Hodges#11000), but I may be trying too hard.
… John R. Maxwell, 12 November, 2011 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

 
Agree on Anaplectoides prasina
Had a lot of these guys here in Port Alberni this year, some of them pretty worn like yours.
… Libby & Rick Avis, 12 November, 2011 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Note to self ...
Add "I may be trying too hard" to my lexicon of bug comments. Can be further emphasized when preceded with an exclamatory "WOW."
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 12 November, 2011 - 10:08am login or register to post comments

 
My specialty is lack of commitment
You're never wrong if you never say anything.
… John R. Maxwell, 12 November, 2011 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John
That's a start.
… Harvey Schmidt, 12 November, 2011 - 8:29am login or register to post comments

 
After
looking at lots of Anaplectoides prasina - Green Arches - Hodges#11000 and comparing them with my photos of this guy. I think your long shot was right.
… Harvey Schmidt, 12 November, 2011 - 9:00am login or register to post comments

 
I always worry
that there is something similar that differs by range, or by a single spot on the underwing, or genitalia has to be examined, or...
… John R. Maxwell, 12 November, 2011 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

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