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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Acronictinae » Dagger Moths (Acronicta) » Ruddy Dagger Moth - Hodges#9199 (Acronicta rubricoma)
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Owlet moth - Acronicta rubricoma
Copyright © 2012 Maria de Bruyn

Owlet moth - Acronicta rubricoma
Chapel Hill, NC, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
July 29, 2012
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Contributed by Maria de Bruyn on 30 July, 2012 - 4:48pm
Last updated 18 May, 2016 - 11:18pm

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… Jason D. Roberts, 18 May, 2016 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Same here
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… Kyhl Austin, 18 May, 2016 - 11:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Same reply
*Except I'd add that the thoracic scaling matches rubricoma as well. There's not much else in that area that is a good candidate.

The photo is from a slight angle below - maybe 20-25 degrees downward - so that distorts the perspective slightly. But the AM/PM follow the right path, the darkened basal node is present, the darkened area between the CuA2 and Anal veins is correct, the large clear orbicular spot looks good, the darkened reniform spot, and the darkened area just outside and along the PM line are correct.

There's a couple of other similarly marked rubricoma on the BOLD species page.

I could be wrong though, and I'm open to suggestions.
… Jason D. Roberts, 19 May, 2016 - 12:27am login or register to post comments

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