"An Erebid that looks like many Noctuid moths. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8466 MPG uses the name ""Alfalfa Looper Moth"" for a different species, Autographa californica. BG calls Tathorhynchus exsiccata just the ""Alfalfa Looper""."
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes. Year: 2010.
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After a good 9 hours of driving, Elizabeth and I finally made it to the Big Bend Nature Fest (a night early) -- we showed up to Chisos Mountain Lodge when it was already dark... Enough time for me to look for some night bugs around the cabins! :) Not totally positive on this ID...
After a good 9 hours of driving, Elizabeth and I finally made it to the Big Bend Nature Fest (a night early) -- we showed up to Chisos Mountain Lodge when it was already dark... Enough time for me to look for some night bugs around the cabins! :) Not totally positive on this ID...
On a moth sheet with a Mercury Vapor light I spent a lot of time on the Moth Photographers Group looking for this one and never did find it. All ID help or suggestions are appreciated. Dolan Falls Preserve is owned by The Nature Conservancy and is not open to the public. Access is through special permission only. The preserve is adjacent to Devil's River State Natural Area, which is open to the public on a restricted schedule.