Brown Bark Carpet Moth (Horisme intestinata)
Thoughtful Apamea (Apamea cogitata)
Lesser Wainscot (Mythimna oxygala)
Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)
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| Thoughtful Apamea (Apamea cogitata) |
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| Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) |
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| Lesser Wainscot (Mythimna oxygala) |
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI'm Athiqah from Malaysia. I'm working on pest of rice for my master research. I got one species of moth which I couldn't identify yet, but it's similar to the one that you've identified, Mythimna oxygala. Can I know what character did you use in identifying process? Wing venation, genitalia or anything that could guide me up to genus level. Please reply me as soon as you can. Thank you.
Hi Athiqah,
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid my identification process will only be of limited help to you. It is mainly based on the distribution of similar species in my area of Alberta, the wide dark margin on the hindwing and the uniform colouring of the forewing as compared to other Leucania species that occur in Western Canada. For a more technical analysis have a look at the following article. http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/noctuoidea/resources/note1_e.php. You could also try contacting Don Lafontaine who co-wrote this article. His email address is included on the cbif webpage. Hopefully this is of some help. Good luck with your research, Ian.