Common Looper - Autographa precationis

Total length: ~20 mm. Brown forewing with bronze and lilac sheen. Stigma is variable and is typically fused. Thin, reddish collar.

Attracted to a light in a rural area.

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Flown Kimmerling

Lion

Absolutely gorgeous! Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, I thought so too! It's still on my glass door. I might try to get a ventral shot :) Posted 7 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Heh, this reminded me so much of the Gamma Owl you may remember, only now am I making the connection that supposedly the whole genus has such explicit markings:
    https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/noctuidae/autographa Posted 7 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      Yes, I do remember and had been thinking the same thing when I posted this. Posted 7 years ago