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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 » Diastema » Diastema n. sp. near  morata - Hodges#9068.97  (Diastema n-sp)
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Moth - Diastema - Diastema n-sp
Copyright © 2012 Travis Cole

Moth - Diastema - Diastema n-sp
Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 23, 2012

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Contributed by Travis Cole on 25 July, 2012 - 9:28pm
Last updated 28 February, 2014 - 9:43am

Moved
Moved from Diastema.
… Maury J. Heiman, 23 February, 2013 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

Diastema
Moved from Owlet Moths.

Nice photos!
This may turn out to be Diastema morata which may be straying or expanding north from Mexico. Did you keep the specimen? There are other photos of this species and we are keeping them at the genus level for now.
Thanks
… Maury J. Heiman, 27 August, 2012 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Good job, Trent
This one has been hounding me for two years! Nice to see the larva. Maury, this does seem to match up well with morata on Hampson's plate fig. 16. Haven't been able to find any photos of this moth.
… Randy Hardy, 16 September, 2012 - 1:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Diastema
Thanks for the info. No, unfortunately I don't have it anymore. I let it go.
… Travis Cole, 30 August, 2012 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

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