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Ctenucha brunnea

Description:

Red/orange head with shiny blue/violet body. Wings are opaque and dusty tan colored. Not sure if this is even a moth?

Habitat:

It was in chaparral landing on wild mustard flowers.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago
Brown Ctenuchid
Ctenucha brunnea Brown ctenuchid, Ctenucha brunnea


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1 Comment

bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago

Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini, Ctenuchina, Ctenucha brunnea.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/309603/bgi...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/284059

AshleyEbel
Spotted by
AshleyEbel

California, USA

Spotted on May 27, 2015
Submitted on May 27, 2015

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