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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Catocalini » Underwings (Catocala) » Catocala flebilis - Hodges#8782 (Catocala flebilis)
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Moth - Catocala flebilis
Copyright © 2012 ethanlai

Moth - Catocala flebilis
Hudson, New Hampshire, USA
August 22, 2012
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Contributed by ethanlai on 7 December, 2012 - 6:13pm
Last updated 24 April, 2016 - 11:15pm

Moved
Moved from Underwings.
… Jason D. Roberts, 24 April, 2016 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

Hmm
On the lined form of angusi there is usually a lot more black...looking like Catocala flebilis, the mournful underwing.
… Anonymous34, 10 December, 2013 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved for Second Opinion
Moved from ID Request.
Ethan,
I rotated and enhanced your image, to better ID. While blurred, all the characteristics are very distinct. I'm reasonably sure this is an Angus' Underwing - Hodges #8783, which would be a first for New Hampshire.
Robert
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 10 December, 2012 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

Catocala spp, most likely The
Catocala spp, most likely The Sweetheart (C. amatrix).
… CandiceTalbot, 7 December, 2012 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Is the underwing pattern necessary for diagnostic identification? Or can most specimens be identified when their wings are closed?
… ethanlai, 8 December, 2012 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

 
Underwings
Ethan,
Most Catocalas can be ID'd with wings closed, paying very close attention to written descriptions. Some of the HW patterns can be very similar between different species.
Robert
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 8 December, 2012 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

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