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Geina (periscelidactylus?)
Brown and white plume moth. Not sure of species -- sorry about pic quality, I think it's worth posting even with the slight blur. I know that these are notoriously difficult to ID down to the species, so I'm leaving my species parenthesized with a question mark. The genus is definitely correct.
Drainage ditch near the Don Valley.
Spotted on Jul 1, 2009
Submitted on Sep 9, 2012
5 Comments
Thanks Carol, I agree - periscelidactylus is most likely, but couldn't say for sure. I will update ID with a '?' after the species.
Might be a Grape Plume Moth (Geina periscelidactylus) or a Buck's Plume Moth (Geina bucksi) or the larger Rose Plume Moth (Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla). My guess is the first one. Only a guess. Very difficult to ID.
Plume moths are so cool! They look like airplanes.
Thanks J, as per usual, you are on the money!
Perhaps genus Geina.