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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Nolid Moths (Nolidae) » Chloephorinae » Nycteola » Forgotten Frigid Owlet - Hodges#8978 (Nycteola metaspilella)
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13june2012-lep11 - Nycteola metaspilella
Copyright © 2012 Steve Pelikan

13june2012-lep11 - Nycteola metaspilella
Cincinnati, Tanglewood Preserve, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
June 13, 2012
Size: 1.7 cm long
Nycteola sp?


I now(5 sept 2012) think this is N metaspilella based on the weak post med line and dark wedge as center of wing.

I've replaced the original picture with one (better brightness etc.) that shows these features better.

Moths that look like this are distributed in all the Nyctola species.

As N frigidana

As N cinereana

..and these guys all LOOK more like each other than they do the species they're housed with.

So I've temporarily resolved by quandary by just going with the description from Beadle & Leckie.
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Contributed by Steve Pelikan on 14 June, 2012 - 7:02am
Last updated 5 September, 2012 - 6:18pm

Moved
Moved from Nycteola.
… Steve Pelikan, 5 September, 2012 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the new photo
The dark wedge can be present on other species. I have not read the original description, but the weak postmedial line does appear to be a key point. This moth does match the specimen determined by DNA from Mark Dreiling.
Thanks
… Maury J. Heiman, 5 September, 2012 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
as always. It was Mark's photo that started me thinking.

If it is okay with you I'll leave the photo where it is. Figure there's enough doubt expressed in this thread that no one will be mis-lead by its placement.

Otherwise, let me know and I'll put it back to the genus level.

Can't tell you how much I value your guidance!
… Steve Pelikan, 6 September, 2012 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

 
species level is good!
You're welcome! I appreciate the kind words but they are not necessary. Just keep those nice moths coming!
… Maury J. Heiman, 6 September, 2012 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

probably Nycteola frigidana - Hodges #8975
N. cinereana is supposed to have dark shading right at the forewing base.
… Maury J. Heiman, 14 June, 2012 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

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