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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Zanclognatha » cruralis or obscuripennis (Zanclognatha cruralis or obscuripennis)
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Zanclognatha ??? - Zanclognatha
Copyright © 2014 Tom

Zanclognatha ??? - Zanclognatha
Bowie, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
June 7, 2014
Many of the species images under Zanclognatha don't seem to match the posted descriptions, so I've been trying identify specimens based solely on the descriptions. I'm not having much luck. Many of the images I've captured don't seem to quite match any of the descriptions exactly, and there seems to be much variation. Looking for some assistance in trying to make sense of these.

Thanks.
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Contributed by Tom on 15 June, 2014 - 8:18pm
Last updated 18 January, 2015 - 1:04pm

Moved to Zanclognatha cruralis or obscuripennis
Moved from Zanclognatha.

I agree with much of the comments. This is almost certainly cruralis or obscuripennis. The two species cannot be separated by photos. See comments here and here. The shape of the am. and st. lines taken together pretty much eliminate all other possibilities. Many or even most images placed under those two species may be correct but, because there are so many exceptions, IDs are uncertain. They should all be moved.

As for other species in this genus, there is a lot of new info and I am in the process of updating the Info pages and sorting out the images.
… Steve Nanz, 18 January, 2015 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Erebidae.
… John S. Ascher, 24 November, 2014 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

There are
most likely dozens of misidentified images under the Zanclognatha species pages. I recommend moving all Z. images to the genus page instead of attempting to identify them to species level.
… Anonymous34, 12 August, 2014 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Timothy Reichard, 28 July, 2014 - 11:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 8 July, 2014 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

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