Brown moth - Anarta nigrolunata

Brown day flying moth.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Could it be a moth instead? Posted 7 years ago
1. morpheme
  
  Lion
  
  I wouldn't discount the idea totally - they are quite stout and furry, but it seems less likely - the antenna are straight, without feathers like a moth and there were a lot of these actively flying and feeding in the mid afternoon, which isn't very moth like. Posted 7 years ago
2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    Noctuid moths have filiform antennae (not feathery), no? Posted 7 years ago
  2. 1. morpheme
      
      Lion
      
      You're right - I was thinking there was a little bulb on the end of the antenna more like a butterfly - but I took a closer look at the full res original and it's actually a little grain of pebble or sand behind it... Posted 7 years ago
    2. morpheme
      
      Lion
      
      I think I may have found it (or one of it's close look alikes... still checking out the similar ones)
      day flying and males have filiform antenna
      http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/browse/family-noctuidae/subfamily-oncocnemidinae/sympistis/sympistis-zetterstedtii/
      
      In the end, I think it's - Anarta nigrolunata - it's got less white on the hindwing and a darker spot near the white band
      http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/browse/family-noctuidae/subfamily-noctuinae/tribe-hadenini/anarta/anarta-nigrolunata/
      
      What do you think?
      
      Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago
    3. 1. Flown Kimmerling
        
        Lion
        
        I have to agree with you completely!!
        
        P.S. Sorry for not getting back to you sooner! It has been a very busy, stressful weekend! Posted 7 years ago
3. Flown Kimmerling
  
  Lion
  
  I was thinking a Noctuid as well, but I'm not entirely sure Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago

The Anarta nigrolunata

''Anarta nigrolunata'' is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Arctic and alpine regions of Canada.

''Anarta melanopa'' was considered a synonym of ''Hadula nigrolunata'', but Lafontaine and Troubridge state that there are “numerous consistent differences that warrant recognizing them as separate species”.

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Species identified by morpheme