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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) » Elaphriini » Midgets (Elaphria)
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Pale-winged Midget? - Elaphria
Copyright © 2012 Tony Leukering

Pale-winged Midget? - Elaphria
near Whitesboro, Cape May County, New Jersey, USA
July 5, 2012
Size: 12-15 mm
I am curious as to how one may differentiate 9681.1 and 9681.2. Various ongoing efforts in NJ have shown that many of the southeastern moth species' ranges extend at least into the southern half of the state. With that, the ability to discriminate these two midgets could be important.
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Contributed by Tony Leukering on 7 July, 2012 - 3:08pm
Last updated 9 March, 2015 - 10:48am

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Tony, it looks like Paul Dennehy should be able to answer your question. He has identified several of the E. alapallida in your area around the time of your posting.

I agree with R.L. Zimlich that E. cornutinus caught my eye because of the definite black bars between and below the Obicular and reniform spots.
… A. Hendrickson, 9 March, 2015 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 1 August, 2012 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

Don't know
Tony,
I'm not familiar with 9681.2. Your specimen does not look like 9681.1 to me, but seems a dead-ringer for Mark Deiling's Elaphria sp.. I'm thinking best left at genus for now. BTW I hope you don't mind, but I increased the contrast a little ... patterns seem little sharper.
Robert
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