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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Leucaniini » Leucania » Ursula Wainscot - Hodges#10461 (Leucania ursula)
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ID Me Please - Leucania ursula
Copyright © 2006 John Young

ID Me Please - Leucania ursula
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA
August 28, 2006
Size: 17 - 18 mm

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Contributed by John Young on 28 August, 2006 - 9:32pm
Last updated 2 September, 2006 - 12:22pm

Leucania ursula
That is a male of Leucania ursula (Noctuidae: Hadeninae: Leucaniini) - Hodges' #10461. There are two other species of Leucania that have similar appearing: L. inermis (#10459) and L. pseudargyria (#10462). Males of Leucania ursula and Leucania pseudargyria have massively tufted fore and middle legs, while males of Leucania inermis have moderately hairy legs. The specimen on these three pictures has well seen tufts on its forelegs, so it is not L. inermis. Males of Leucania ursula have yellow palpi, while males of L. pseudargyria have black palpi. Yellowish palpi can be seen on one of pictures. Leucania pseudargyria also has reddish tinting on forewings and this specimen does not have it.

Reference for identification of Leucania species:

Forbes, W. 1954. Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring states. Noctuidae. Part 3. Memoirs of New York Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University: 329, pp: 3-433
… Jan Metlevski , 1 September, 2006 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

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