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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 » Condicini » Micrathetis » Triplex Cutworm Moth - Hodges#9644 (Micrathetis triplex)
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Triplex Cutworm Moth, #9644 - Micrathetis triplex
Copyright © 2012 Chuck Sexton

Triplex Cutworm Moth, #9644 - Micrathetis triplex
Balcones Canyonlands NWR, Beard tract, Burnet County, Texas, USA
October 9, 2010
Size: FW length ~11mm
Adds a Burnet Co. and October image for BG. First Refuge report. At porthlight in open juniper-oak savannah.
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Contributed by Chuck Sexton on 14 November, 2012 - 11:43am
Last updated 20 November, 2012 - 6:56am

Micrathetis
Chuck, these have been flying in good numbers since early September. They seem to be most common in the cooler months from Sept through early April in Medina but fly year round.
Look close at all your Micrathetis because Micrathetis costiplaga showed up here in Medina this October and Ann Hendrickson photographed some in June from Edwards.
… Maury J. Heiman, 14 November, 2012 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the heads-up
The reason I was prompted to upload the 2010 Burnet Co. image is because I'd also photographed a couple of M. triplex here at home just on Nov. 11. BG already has a Travis Co. record but there was none for Burnet. My short series of photos of Micrathetis all appear to be heavily speckled with the dark terminal smudging of M. triplex...but I'll keep looking.
… Chuck Sexton, 14 November, 2012 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

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