name of moth

• by shocko61

  the image has written beside it Occidentalia of moth this does not appear in the moths name .Just an observation of mine ,it may mean nothing important ?? Ian shocko61

  Posted April 25, 2013 12:57 PM

• by okopho

  This specimen is actually a butterfly: the Common Checkered-skipper.

  When this specimen was collected in 1929, it had the scientific name Urbanus tessellata var. occidentalis. But it appears it has since been renamed as Pyrgus communis.

  Posted April 25, 2013 6:23 PM

• by shocko61

  Thank you okopho , Ian shocko61

  Posted April 26, 2013 8:41 AM