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Yellow-headed Cutworm Moth and Allies (Section Apamea amputatrix)Observer
euproserpinus
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Brown Arches Moth (Lacinipolia stricta)Observer
lesditDescription
~4150' elevation.
CA Biodiversity Week Sept-7-15, 2024.
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Decorated Granite Moth (Digrammia decorata)Observer
lesditDescription
?
~4150' elevation.
CA Biodiversity Week September 7-15, 2024.
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Fortunate Wave (Idaea bonifata)Observer
mikethebirderDescription
Very small. About 1cm wingspan
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Four-lined Arches (Lacinipolia quadrilineata)Observer
lesditDescription
~4150' elevation.
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Cutworms and Dart Moths (Subfamily Noctuinae)Observer
dietelDescription
Hmm. Something like Apamea sordens maybe (which I don't think is found in California).
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Four-lined Borer Moth (Resapamea stipata)Observer
lesditDescription
~4150' elevation.
Very tentative!
CV says Leucania & Resapamea stipata. R. stipata is very out of range & although not white, these observations seem to have similar markings ?!?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232420167
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238064917
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Walter's Silkmoth (Saturnia walterorum)Observer
ishaan2009Description
Netted and brought back from San Gabriel Mtns.
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Salvinia Stem Borer Moth (Samea multiplicalis)Observer
garybnunnDescription
First record I can find for California. Really wish I had taken better photos.
I checked the distribution of its host plants and it does appear that the water plant Giant Salvinia (Salvinia molesta) has been found in the area nearby.
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Arachnis citraObserver
lesditDescription
~7100' elevation.
National Moth Week July 20-28, 2024.
Base color of moth is a light salmon color, not really shown in the photos.
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Anarta nigrolunataObserver
chloe_and_trevorDescription
Not sure, maybe Sympistis? Small one
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Umbellifer Borer Moth (Papaipema insulidens)Observer
chloe_and_trevorDescription
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euproserpinusDescription
Possibly an early flight date for CA (MPG currently lists only Washington State as having July flight dates).
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Water Veneer (Acentria ephemerella)Observer
garybnunnDescription
This appears to be the Eurasian species Acentria ephemerella, apparently introduced to North America from Eurasia in the 1920s with water plants and/or later as a biological control agent of Potomogeton and Elodea pondweed species.
Lamp sheet close to Cave Lake, large numbers of this species appeared later in the evening.
A single point is shown on the MPG page here for California https://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5299 which looks to be a little south of this location but still in the Warner Mountains.
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Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus ssp. oreganus)Observer
benamann
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Chlorosea nevadariaObserver
garybnunnDescription
The unmarked abdomen would seem to indicate this is not Chlorosea banksaria, the abdomen marked red in that species, and the parallel nature of the forewing PM line to hind margin points to identification as C. nevadaria and not C. margaretaria in which the PM line is strongly angled from the hind margin.
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Pug Moths (Genus Eupithecia)Observer
keirmorseDescription
For scale 10 threads of the sheet equals ~3 mm
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Givira ethelaObserver
lesditDescription
~7100' elevation.
National Moth Week July 20-28, 2024.
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Oligia rampartensisObserver
garybnunnDescription
The pale buff hindwing with some darker coppery colored scales, and entirely pale buff thorax without reddish tuft or marking would seem to indicate this is Oligia rampartensis and not O. violacea.
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Autographa speciosaObserver
chloe_and_trevorDescription
Apparently a somewhat rare species. http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/browse/family-noctuidae/subfamily-plusiinae/tribe-plusiini/autographa/autographa-speciosa/
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Eupithecia stellataObserver
garybnunnDescription
This might be the nicest pug moth I ever found in California! The scalloped white subterminal line would seem to indicate this is Eupithecia stellata and not E. bowmani (latter unrecorded in California so far as I can tell).
Distribution map of E. stellata at MPG shows single point in California http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7564
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Arachnis citraObserver
garybnunnDescription
Looks identical with example at MPG http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?phylo=930329&state=CA
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Dark-bordered Granite (Digrammia neptaria)Observer
lesditDescription
?
~4150' elevation.
National Moth Week July 20-28, 2024.
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Subfamily EnnominaeObserver
keirmorseDescription
For scale 10 threads of the sheet equals ~3 mm
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Pug Moths (Genus Eupithecia)Observer
chloe_and_trevorDescription
7000ft, gravelly ridge at edge of red fir forest, UV light.
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Sympistis meadianaObserver
chloe_and_trevorDescription
7000ft, gravelly ridge at edge of red fir forest, UV light.
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Shaded Granite Moth and Allies (Section Digrammia nubiculata)Observer
trickmanDescription
Porch light
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Cutworm Moths and Allies (Family Noctuidae)Observer
chloe_and_trevorDescription
Came to UV light, red fir forest
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Sicya pergilvariaObserver
keirmorseDescription
For scale 10 threads of the sheet equals ~3 mm
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Genus PterotaeaObserver
keirmorseDescription
For scale 10 threads of the sheet equals ~3 mm
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Tribe BoarmiiniObserver
keirmorseDescription
For scale 10 threads of the sheet equals ~3 mm
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Tribe BoarmiiniObserver
keirmorseDescription
For scale 10 threads of the sheet equals ~3 mm
