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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) » Actinotiini » Alastria » Alastria chico - Hodges#9522.1 (Alastria chico)
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9522.1 Alastria chico - Alastria chico
Copyright © 2014 Dick Wilson

9522.1 Alastria chico - Alastria chico
Bay center 98527 Willapa, Pacific County, Washington, USA
August 24, 2013
Size: Wingspan ~38mm
Wingspan ~38mm DSCF8744 F#4147
RWWC1241-13 BOLD DNA: 100% matches but A. ropicalis at 99.66%. Only 6 specimens at BOLD and four from this locality.
Locality: Coastal SW Washington State at the edge of Willapa Bay geo:lat=46 37.273 geo:lon=-123 56.814
Prior note by Lars Crabo : "It is Alastria chico, not so long ago described by Troubridge and Lafontaine. When I arrived in the PNW we called it Nedra tropicalis. Things change. Morrisonia is an eastern NA genus."
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Contributed by Dick Wilson on 8 March, 2014 - 2:00pm

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