White-spotted Brown Moth Diastictis ventralis (Grote & Robinson, 1867)    Synonyms: Hodges #5255.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Crambidae   >   Genus Diastictis   

Description:

"Adults - Similar in external appearance to White-spotted Orange Moth, but with the antemedial spots absent, the outer cell-spot often absent, and the postmedial, submarginal, and subapical spots small or minute. Ground color varying from orange-yellow to olivaceous fuscous, but rarely as dark as in dark forms of argyralis and psudargyralis; clear orange-yellow specimens appear mainly in the southernmost parts of the range" (Munroe, 1956,via BugGuide).

There are 41 records in the project database.

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A White-spotted Brown Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (7/10/2019). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A White-spotted Brown Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (8/19/2018). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

A White-spotted Brown Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (4/27/2017). Verified by Bob Biagi/BugGuide. Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A White-spotted Brown Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (5/31/2019). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A White-spotted Brown Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/21/2015). Identification verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A White-spotted Brown Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (5/17/2019). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A White-spotted Brown Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (6/2/2020). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A White-spotted Brown Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (5/9/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

White-spotted Brown Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/11/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A White-spotted Brown Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/18/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A White-spotted Brown Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (7/6/2003). Photo by Larry Line. (MBP list)

A White-spotted Brown Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (7/6/2003). Photo by Larry Line. (MBP list)

A White-spotted Brown Moth. Photo by Hugh McGuinness. (MBP list)

White-spotted Brown Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/8/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

White-spotted Brown Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/11/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

White-spotted Brown Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/8/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

White-spotted Brown Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/11/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

White-spotted Brown Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/11/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

White-spotted Brown Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/11/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

White-spotted Brown Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/11/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

White-spotted Brown Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/8/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

White-spotted Brown Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/8/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

White-spotted Brown Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/8/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)


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