http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/23/cecropia-moth-23/ Are we experts yet? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/23/cecropia-moth-23/comment-page-1/#comment-3912 bugman Sun, 24 May 2009 13:04:10 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=16028#comment-3912 Dear Zarathos, Thanks for your input. We are sorry we did not clarify that the Black Witch is not a Saturniid Moth, but rather a member of a different family. The Black Witch is in the family Erebidae, in the superfamily Noctuoidea, but it is not in the Owlet family Noctuidae which is also in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The Black Witch has been taxonomically reclassified. We will clarify this misunderstanding in our posting. Dear Zarathos,
Thanks for your input. We are sorry we did not clarify that the Black Witch is not a Saturniid Moth, but rather a member of a different family. The Black Witch is in the family Erebidae, in the superfamily Noctuoidea, but it is not in the Owlet family Noctuidae which is also in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The Black Witch has been taxonomically reclassified. We will clarify this misunderstanding in our posting.

]]> http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/23/cecropia-moth-23/comment-page-1/#comment-3907 zarathos Sun, 24 May 2009 08:49:41 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=16028#comment-3907 the black witch is not a Saturniid, but is in fact the largest member of the Noctuidae. And it actually is much more commoln in the the arid parts of its range, which extends up into southeastern AZ the black witch is not a Saturniid, but is in fact the largest member of the Noctuidae. And it actually is much more commoln in the the arid parts of its range, which extends up into southeastern AZ

]]> http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/23/cecropia-moth-23/comment-page-1/#comment-3906 zarathos Sun, 24 May 2009 08:47:33 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=16028#comment-3906 Actually, the black witch (and its counterpart, the white witch) are actually the largest members of the Noctuidae; the black witch is in fact a desert species, very common in southeastern AZ Actually, the black witch (and its counterpart, the white witch) are actually the largest members of the Noctuidae; the black witch is in fact a desert species, very common in southeastern AZ

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