WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Noctuidae 931722 – 9042   Grotellaforma lactea (Stretch, 1885)

Photographs are the copyrighted property of each photographer listed. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose.

© Royal Tyler Large Map & Chart Report Errors About Maps

Distribution: Southern CA, southern tip of NV, AZ and Mexico - R.W. Poole. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: lactea (Stretch, 1885) (Cisthene) - MONA 1983: 9042 calora (Barnes, 1907) (Grotella)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at The Noctuidae of North America by Robert W. Poole (Nearctica.com) - archived page access (go to a year prior to 2020 and select a blue circled date from the calendar).

19mm - LG – © Canadian Nat'l. Coll. © Jeff Smith 18mm - LG – © Jim Vargo

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone