Moths of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
LRGV Specialty Moths - Noctuids
These are moths that (according to the Moth Photographer's Group) are only found in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Disclaimer: This collection is
not comprehensive!
Yellow-fringed Bird-dropping Moth (Eusceptis flavifrimbriata)
This unmistakable little moth looks like cream pudding dribbled with chocolate! Recorded in June.
Tactical Cutworm (Micrathetis tecnion)
This little straw-colored moth has a prominent black spot sitting right on the angled PM line, away from the costa. The Wedgling Moth is superficially similar, but its prominent black spot sits on the costa, and away from the PM line. Recorded April to July, with records in September and December.
Texas Clean Concana (Concana mundissima-of-authors)
The cryptic scientific name points out that taxonomists have determined that this is a separate (yet virtually identical) species from the "original" C. mundissima, which only occurs in Florida. Easily mistaken for a prominent with its double AM lines, the stand-out field marks on this bug include the darker smudging on the inner margin of the forewing, the round orbicular spot outlined in black and white, and the thin black diagonal slash running from the costa to the ST area. Fresh individuals (right) have a "horn" of upright scales! This species also occurs north to Corpus Christi. Recorded in September and November.
Pacific Mallow Moth (Bagisara pacifica)
Easily written off as the much more common Wavy-lined Mallow Moth, the ST line of this species runs from the costa to the anal angle, rather than running parallel to the outer margin. Recorded once in September.