Вярнуцца да панядзелка Moth! This beautiful insect is Stiria dyari (Саўкі) сабраныя на паездку за межы лютага Catavina, Ніжняй Каліфорніі ў Мексіцы. Я лічу, што расліны-гаспадары да гэтага часу невядомыя, but all of the moths in the genus Stiria have these brilliant yellow forewings that help camouflage them on the stem of a yellow flowered plant. Ёсць 7 currently described species most of which are found in the SW United States and northern Mexico, але Stiria rugifrons makes it into the great plains. All of the species have poorly defined and often overlapping ranges, not to mention the genitalia can highly variable. It’s very likely the final word has not been written about these beautiful noctuids quite yet.
Finally Monday Moth is back =) You have already great stuff out in February!