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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Condicinae » Leuconyctini » Leuconycta » Marbled-green Leuconycta - Hodges#9066 (Leuconycta lepidula)
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Noctuidae: Leuconycta lepidula? - Leuconycta lepidula
Copyright © 2012 Carl Barrentine

Noctuidae: Leuconycta lepidula? - Leuconycta lepidula
Turtle River State Park, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
June 29, 2012
Size: Length ~ 1.5 cm
Hmmm...this one's consternating! The only idea I can come up with right now is that this specimen may be a very unusual (or very worn?) Marbled-Green Leuconycta (9066). The costal markings seem right, as does the median line pigmentation. But I'd like to get second and third opinions on this specimen. If not 9066, then what could it be? Help! ;-)

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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 29 June, 2012 - 12:28pm
Last updated 10 March, 2015 - 7:31am

Moved
Moved from Owlet Moths.
… Carl Barrentine, 10 March, 2015 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

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Carl, I think your are right. I remember the elation I felt when I finally found this one . They seem to be quite variable. The coloration on Nolie Schneider's on MPG would also seem to back you up.
… A. Hendrickson, 9 March, 2015 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, A. Hendrickson!
Yes, I think you are right about this. This species is very variable. I'll move the images to the appropriate BG taxa. And if we are wrong to do so, well, I expect some much more knowledgeable BG lepidopterist will eventually correct the error. Thanks for the looking at this specimen!
… Carl Barrentine, 10 March, 2015 - 7:28am login or register to post comments

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