pilonm
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| Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:21 pm Post subject: A golden moth to identify... |
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Hello all,
Here are 2 pictures of a little moth photographied on the wall of my house at Sherbrooke, Quebec (near Vermont USA) last September 2008. It looks like he has a golden sheet over its body 
I think it is a Noctuidae from the genus Papaipema but I'm not sure...
Any idea about its identification?
Thank you very much for your help 
Michel
Quebec, Canada
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eileen
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It looks like Papaipema Appassionata to me Michel. Some of these moths can be found in parts of England as well as in Canada and the USA.
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pilonm
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| Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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Hello Eileen,
Finally, I identified it correctly. It is Papaipema cataphracta (the Burdock Borer).
Thank you very much for your help
Cheers,
Michel
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