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Catocala faustina allusa
Multicolored moth with light underwings and striped abdomen. It camouflages well on the ground.
Ground near Silver Creek Falls. "It is found from British Columbia, south through Washington to northern California. It is also found in Oregon and possibly western Nevada." - Wikipedia
"The larvae feed on Populus and Salix species." - Wikipedia
Spotted on Apr 14, 2007
Submitted on Jul 21, 2011
13 Comments
Possible; however, I don't see a species from North America.
Do not make hurry need to find matching Synonyms also.
May be in following Genus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophisma
That need to find out...
That may be it! Hard to tell with the lower wing so over exposed in my pic. Do you know the name of the moth in the pic?
I feel your specie is is matching with No. 4 shown on below mentioned picture on the link...
http://luirig.altervista.org/cpm/albums/...
Welcome...
Wow...its look very cute now..!!
Great idea! Thank you Ashish. I uploaded a cropped image. Thank you for all your help!
Its a clear good picture.. If possible crop it and show zoomed image as separate one.
Also important is to recognize its larvae's feeder plant. Also important to note plants where this moth stops or lands.
Cindy you almost find it...
Thank you Ashish. After searching, the closest underwing moth I could find is the allusa. I hope it's correct!
Underwing type moth