Ar ais go dtí an Leamhan Dé Luain! This beautiful insect is Stiria dyari (Noctuidae) bailíodh ar thuras Feabhra lasmuigh de Cataviña, Baja California Meicsiceo. Creidim go bhfuil na plandaí óstach fós anaithnid, but all of the moths in the genus Stiria have these brilliant yellow forewings that help camouflage them on the stem of a yellow flowered plant. Tá 7 currently described species most of which are found in the SW United States and northern Mexico, ach Stiria rugifrons makes it into the great plains. All of the species have poorly defined and often overlapping ranges, not to mention the genitalia can highly variable. It’s very likely the final word has not been written about these beautiful noctuids quite yet.
Finally Monday Moth is back =) You have already great stuff out in February!