butterfly identification (moth!)

ramiroflores · Post by **ramiroflores** » Thu Jun 13, 2024 2:40 am

Found this guy in Waterton

adamcotton · Post by **adamcotton** » Thu Jun 13, 2024 8:38 am

This is a moth. Maybe someone can recognise it.

I see there are at least 5 different places called Waterton in the USA, adding the State may be helpful.

Adam.

livingplanet3 · Post by **livingplanet3** » Thu Jun 13, 2024 2:40 pm

ramiroflores wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2024 2:40 am Found this guy in Waterton...

MacCulloch's Forester moth (Androloma maccullochii) -

https://bugguide.net/node/view/186568

Which is quite similar to Ridings' Forester (Alypia ridingsii) -

https://bugguide.net/node/view/39332

adamcotton · Post by **adamcotton** » Thu Jun 13, 2024 4:39 pm

I suppose the obvious difference between the two is the two coloured antennae in Androloma maccullochii whereas the antennae of Alypia ridingsii seem to be all black from the photos in the link.

Adam.

livingplanet3 · Post by **livingplanet3** » Thu Jun 13, 2024 5:16 pm

adamcotton wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2024 4:39 pm I suppose the obvious difference between the two is the two coloured antennae in Androloma maccullochii whereas the antennae of Alypia ridingsii seem to be all black from the photos in the link.

Also of note - A. maccullochii (shown below) has colored "shoulder pads" on thorax, unlike A. ridingsii.

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