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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Bird Dropping Moths (Acontiinae) » Acontiini » Tarache » Tarache quadriplaga - Hodges#9142 (Tarache quadriplaga)
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small bird dropping moth - Tarache quadriplaga - female
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

small bird dropping moth - Tarache quadriplaga - Female
Organ Mountains foothills, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA
August 10, 2006
Size: about 12.5 mm
Came to UV lights night of Aug. 9-10, 2006 and photographed after midnight. Concievably this could be same species as my prior recent bird dropping moth image, assuming a great variability in the species. I tend to think it is a separate species however.
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 20 August, 2006 - 11:35am
Last updated 4 April, 2018 - 1:41pm

Moved
Moved from Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth.
… Steve Nanz, 4 April, 2018 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

Tarache quadriplaga
Tarache quadriplaga, not T. tetragona
… Jan Metlevski , 23 April, 2014 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Jim McClarin, 21 October, 2006 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

Acontia tetragona
This looks a lot like a female Four-spotted Bird Dropping Moth (1, 2, 3)

There's many species of Acontia in the southwest, at least some of which are sexually dimorphic (females have more extensive black), but I think the chances of this one being a species that's not pictured at MPG are very slim.
… Robin McLeod, 21 October, 2006 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

 
So be it then, Robin.
I'll move it to guide page and pass word along to Greg Forbes at NMSU.
… Jim McClarin, 21 October, 2006 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

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