Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1106308

European Yellow Underwing
Noctua pronuba

Observation date: September 27, 2016
Submitted by: Slugbait
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Flew into shop over my head when I entered through man-door (all large hanger doors closed), bumped along wall then descended to come to rest on shelf (where accompanying photo was taken) I was in area for about 10 minutes and aside from switching direction 180 degrees moth did not move. Was gone when I returned to area 30 minutes later. Another example of color variation not seen prior to this date. I counted 9 individuals of this color and 4 of the more common variation (example from this date in sighting record #1105943)
Status: Resident
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: October 14, 2016
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): Canada, Ontario