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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Looper Moths (Plusiinae) » Plusiini » Euchalciina » Diachrysia » Green-patched Looper - Hodges#8897 (Diachrysia balluca)
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Plusiinae, Diachrysia balluca perhaps, dorsal - Diachrysia balluca
Copyright © 2013 MJ Hatfield

Plusiinae, Diachrysia balluca perhaps, dorsal - Diachrysia balluca
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
May 6, 2012
Feeding on green headed coneflower, Rudbeckia laciniata

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Plusiinae, Diachrysia balluca perhaps, dorsal - Diachrysia balluca Plusiinae, lateral - Diachrysia balluca Plusiinae, dorsal lateral - Diachrysia balluca Plusiinae, dorsal lateral - Diachrysia balluca Plusiinae, dead - Diachrysia balluca Plusiinae, dead - Diachrysia balluca
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 30 January, 2013 - 6:42pm
Last updated 30 January, 2013 - 8:12pm

Moved
Moved from Plusiinae.
… MJ Hatfield, 30 January, 2013 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

Diachrysia balluca would have been our choice too
Nothing else like it in Owlets, pg 218, but of course, not all species are illustrated :(
… john and jane balaban, 30 January, 2013 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
And what can be seen of the adult, with the iridescent green wings, burnt orange head and antennae would point to that too.
… MJ Hatfield, 30 January, 2013 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

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