2019 October 21

 

   Jochen Möhr’s moths from Metchosin yesterday morning:

 

1 Drepanulatrix sp.

1 Dryotype opina

1 Hypena californica 

7 Sunira sp.

 

and from this morning:

 

2 Agrochola purpurea

1 Epirrita autumnata

4 Sunira decipiens

2 Sunira verberata

1 Tetracis sp.

 

 

 

Sunira decipiens/Sunira verberata   is another of these very difficult pairs.  We  (Libby Avis, Jochen Möhr, Jeremy Tatum) believe (hope?!) that the two Sunira  species below are labelled correctly.   And we also show the somewhat similar Agrochola purpurea.  Jochen photographed all three species on the same night, to  make a good comparison.

Agrochola purpurea Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

Sunira verberata (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Sunira decipiens (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Dryotype opina (Lep.: Noctuidae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Tetracis jubararia/pallulata  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr

 

Epirrita autumnata  (Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen Möhr