[Leps-l] RFA: Phoenicoprocta (Arctiinae) - south Texas

[Douglas Yanega]

On 1/8/24 1:29 PM, Mike Quinn wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> this has been ID'ed as /Phoenicoprocta lydia/ (Druce, 1889), but I'm 
> not sure that's correct. can anyone help??
>
> https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195590015
>
Definitely correct. It's got pretty reduced orange markings for a lydia, 
but many of those "ctenuchine" tiger moths can be surprisingly variable.

Peace,

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