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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Ctenuchina » Ctenucha » rubroscapus/multifaria species complex  (Ctenucha rubroscapus/multifaria species complex ) » Ctenucha multifaria - Hodges#8263 (Ctenucha multifaria)
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Moth by the Ocean - Ctenucha multifaria
Copyright © 2012 soozalope

Moth by the Ocean - Ctenucha multifaria
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
July 8, 2012
There were several of these in the plants on the cliffs overlooking the ocean. The body is even more turquoise than in the photo. I did try to look at various moth sites on line but I can't find anything like this. The antenna are feathery.

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Contributed by soozalope on 8 July, 2012 - 7:37pm
Last updated 21 July, 2014 - 10:41pm

Moved
Moved from rubroscapus/multifaria species complex .
… Aaron Schusteff, 21 July, 2014 - 10:41pm login or register to post comments

Ctenucha rubroscapus/multifaria
Moved from ID Request.
… Maury J. Heiman, 8 July, 2012 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

Wait for the lep experts, but...
...take a look at Ctenucha:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 July, 2012 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

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