Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 986430

Observation date: April 19, 2014
Submitted by: tjheindel
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Came in to MV light
Status: Resident
Verified by: Josiah Gilbert
Verified date: July 07, 2014
Coordinator notes: This is Autographa californica. Notice the black dash on the subterminal line (in this case, at the band of dark gray shading running diagonally up the forewing near the outer margin of the forewing), which seperates this species from the very similar A. pseudogamma.
Checklist region(s): United States, California, Inyo County