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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) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Pinions (Lithophane) » Hoary Pinion - Hodges#9917 (Lithophane fagina)
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Noctuidae: Lithophane fagina? - Lithophane fagina
Copyright © 2012 Carl Barrentine

Noctuidae: Lithophane fagina? - Lithophane fagina
Fisher, Polk County, Minnesota, USA
March 23, 2012
Size: Length ~ 2.5 cm
This specimen may be an example of the Hoary Pinion (9917). This specimen was collected and is archived in the NDSIRC at NDSU, Fargo, North Dakota (contact Dr. Gerald Fauske). A tissue sample from this specimen, taken for later DNA analysis, is archived at UND, Grand Forks, North Dakota (contact Dr. Rebecca Simmons).

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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 23 March, 2012 - 6:23pm
Last updated 11 May, 2012 - 4:22pm

yes
Moved from Pinions.

Nice moths!
… Maury J. Heiman, 23 March, 2012 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Maury!
Thank you for the ID confirmation! ;-) We're seeing some interesting early season moths in our locale this year. I recon that this year should be a bonanza one for 'moths' in Minnesota and North Dakota, I think. ;-)
… Carl Barrentine, 23 March, 2012 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

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