Lithophane lanei

Hodges # 9893.1

Caterpillar foods: unknown

This species is very similar to Lithophane hemina.  Kyle Johnson says:  “the wing angle can be misleading regarding the subreniform dark rectangle……you can see a jagged “tooth” project downward by over half the length of the rectangle in heminahemina also has a noticeably more “streaky” wing texture.”

Here’s a link to a page of L. hemina and L. lanei specimens I’ve found, with Kyle’s comments.

10/6/2015  ID by Kyle Johnson

Lithophane lanei 10-6-15 3

 

10/5/2015

Lithophane lanei 10-5-15 1

 

10/6/2015

Lithophane lanei 10-6-15 4

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