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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Oncocnemidinae » Sympistis » Sympistis aterrima - Hodges#10164 (Sympistis aterrima)
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small day-flying dark-chocolate & vanilla fringe-wing Moth at high-altitude - Sympistis aterrima
Copyright © 2013 Emile

small day-flying dark-chocolate & vanilla fringe-wing Moth at high-altitude - Sympistis aterrima
Sierra Nevada Mountains, Mono County, California, USA
August 9, 2013
Visiting flowers at about 10,000 feet altitude, near lake.
Is this an Erebid Moth ?

Feel free to frass afterward.
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Contributed by Emile on 27 November, 2013 - 8:35pm
Last updated 3 January, 2018 - 8:03pm

Moved
Moved from Sympistis.
… Kyhl Austin, 3 January, 2018 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the upward move, Kyhl !
Happy 2018 !
… Emile, 3 January, 2018 - 11:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Noctuoidea.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 February, 2016 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

Sympistis sp.
Either Sympistis aterrima or Sympistis apep. Based on locality most likely S. aterrima.
… Jan Metlevski , 4 February, 2016 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks a lot, Jan !
Sympistis aterrima matches beautifully !
There are records from the Sierras, while this might be the first record for Mono County.

Sympistis apep does look somewhat similar, but it has only been recorded from the Pacific Northwest.
… Emile, 4 February, 2016 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

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… Kyhl Austin, 9 December, 2015 - 1:35am login or register to post comments

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… Charley Eiseman, 29 December, 2013 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

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