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butterfly identification (moth!)
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2024 2:40 am
by ramiroflores
Found this guy in Waterton
Re: moth identification
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2024 8:38 am
by adamcotton
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.
Re: butterfly identification (moth!)
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2024 2:40 pm
by livingplanet3
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
Re: butterfly identification (moth!)
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2024 4:39 pm
by adamcotton
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.
Re: butterfly identification (moth!)
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2024 5:16 pm
by livingplanet3
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.
