Ottawa (Dunrobin), ON Canada

14 July 2000   12:24AM  (top)

7 July 2002   12:54AM  (bottom)

This species also photographed on 13 June 2001 and on 24 July 2001.  I had great difficulty deciding whether to label these images as Rheumaptera prunivorata (7292) or Rheumaptera undulata (7291), both of which are possible in our area.  On the basis of available photographs, I inclined toward R. prunivorata, but may easily be in error.  Photographs unfortunately are not amenable to dissections that could provide a definitive identification, but this moth was too beautiful to leave out of this series of images. If anyone has ideas for identifying this moth as either species (or a different species altogether!), I would greatly appreciate it.