Species Glaucina magnifica - Hodges#6499

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Glaucina magnifica Grossbeck, 1912 (1)

Grossbeck (1912) listed a wingspan of 28-33 mm. (1)

Rindge (1959) listed forewing as 14-18 mm (2)

See detailed description by Rindge (1959) linked at bottom of page. The concave bend of the PM line in the upper part of wing is rather distinctive. Also noticeable is the dark banding of the ST area bordered by the white ST line that is strongly produced basally on veins resulting in a somewhat denticulate appearance. AM/PM/ST lines are all indicated on hindwing anal margin (although Rindge does not mention the AM line indication, the line can be clearly seen on images of magnifica in Plate 24 of the revision). (2)

southern California (2)

coastal areas (2)

September to December; also February (2)

Glaucina ampla has less clearly defined maculation and is only known from mountainous area of southern California (2)

Glaucina golgolata is generally smaller and is found in the deserts of Southern California up thru the Great Basin Desert (2)

Grossbeck, J.A., 1912. A review of the species comprising the Glaucina- Caenocharis group. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 31: 390. (1)

Moth Photographers Group (3)

University of California, Berkeley

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)