9748 - Plagiomimicus spumosum

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Plagiomimicus » Frothy Moth - Hodges#9748 (Plagiomimicus spumosum)

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Copyright © 2006 Mark Dreiling

9748 - Plagiomimicus spumosum

Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
August 25, 2006

My best identification from pinned specimens on the MPG site.
Found at UV light near pond in wooded area of a flood plain.

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Contributed by Mark Dreiling on 7 December, 2006 - 6:14am
Last updated 8 December, 2006 - 6:35pm

I think so

P. manti (1, 2) occurs in Texas and maybe Oklahoma, but the bend in its PM line seems farther from the costa, and the line looks more curved than in P. spumosum (1, 2, 3, and in the second link to manti above).

I found photos of 13 of the 17 Plagiomimicus species listed at All-Leps, but none of the others look close to this one, and I think the possibility of this one being one of the 4 species not pictured is pretty small.

… Robin McLeod, 7 December, 2006 - 10:37am

Thanks

Thanks for information and the useful links for future searches.

… Mark Dreiling, 7 December, 2006 - 2:10pm

P. spumosum

I just found out that this one is in Covell's Guide, page 138. He calls it Frothy Moth and lists it as Stibadium spumosum.

Image moved from ID Request to new species page.

… Robin McLeod, 8 December, 2006 - 6:17pm

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