Kalifornijas ziemeļos ir atnācis pavasaris, un spārnos ir kodes. Nedēļas nogalē es ātri braucu uz Sjerras pakājē un devos pārgājienā pa stāvajām nogāzēm virs Amerikas upes.. Above is pictured Xanthothrix ranunculi f. albipuncta (Noctuidae: Stiriinae). It happens to be sitting on a beautiful california poppy. The hostplant, tomēr, ir Coreopsis stillmanii and grows in small patches of serpentine soils on southern facing slopes along the central valley. Šeit ir Xanthothrix sitting on the host.
This moth was originally described as a form of X. ranunculi iekšā 1925 (form roughly equals subspecies today), and then completely forgotten about and unseen until 1990. It was left out of a major revision of the subfamily, so the legitimate status as a subspecies or full species remains unknown. Sekojiet līdzi.
