Night feeding Rice Armyworm

Leucania loreyi

Description:

its brown

Habitat:

found on garden light bollards at night in an area surrounded by swamp, suburban exotics and remnant coastal dry forests

Notes:

Thanks to Leuba for the identification of this moth

Species ID Suggestions

3 Comments

StephenSolomons 10 years ago

Thanks Leuba. I feel much better about whacking my backlog of unidentified brown moths onto PN now that some are identified. I agree with you and believe that this is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucania_lo...

StephenSolomons 10 years ago

Thanks Leuba, That is very nice of you to say that. I get some easier shots because my source of moths for photographing is a few feet from the door and I bring a lot of specimens home. They become calm in the warm containers and most of them are easier to shoot. It is lot easier than the distances you guys are covering. I will run out new moths soon enough though

Leuba Ridgway 10 years ago

Stephen, I spotted a similar moth and had labelled it incorrectly as Mythimna sp. But according to an expert "Maybe have a look at some of the Leucania - also in the subfamily Hadeninae. Maybe uda."

I am yet to do this !! I was impressed by the white star-burst on forewings of this moth. I could not get a good shot. Yours is lovely.