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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Agaristinae » Alypia » Eight-spotted Forester - Hodges#9314 (Alypia octomaculata)
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Butterfly ID - Alypia octomaculata
Copyright © 2012 Brian

Butterfly ID - Alypia octomaculata
Dorr, Allegan County, Michigan, USA
June 3, 2012

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Contributed by Brian on 8 June, 2012 - 12:27am
Last updated 1 May, 2017 - 1:41pm

Moved
Moved from Alypia.
… Paul Dennehy, 1 May, 2017 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

A. octomaculata
Not sure I got this right but I believe that the tiny yellow dot to the right of the larger yellow spot in front of the eye is a yellow ring around the the distal end of the second papal segment. See reference here.
… Steve Nanz, 10 January, 2013 - 4:36am login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 7 November, 2012 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

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… Brad Barnd, 6 July, 2012 - 2:42am login or register to post comments

Alypia
Alypia octomaculta?

http://bugguide.net/node/view/485/bgimage

or Alypia langtoni male?

http://bugguide.net/node/view/17520/bgimage

female Alypia langtoni have only 6 spots according http://bugguide.net/node/view/17520
… Iustin Cret, 8 June, 2012 - 12:46am login or register to post comments

Alypia?
looks like this:

Alypia octomaculata (Eight-spotted Forester - Hodges#9314)

but might also be this: (i'm not an expert)
Alypia langtoni - Langton's Forester Moth - Hodges#9318
… hg, 8 June, 2012 - 12:35am login or register to post comments

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