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Hair-ball Moth

Dasychira pinicola

Description:

This moth was attracted to the porch light at my cabin.

Habitat:

On the side of a log cabin in diverse woods near small lake.

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2 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Ah, yes, the very similar genus!

TKBotting
TKBotting 11 years ago

Thanks J, I just discovered the Silhouette Key for moth on Bugguide http://bugguide.net/node/view/21675 What a great tool -- got the ID pretty quick from there.

TKBotting
Spotted by
TKBotting

Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Jul 19, 2009
Submitted on Sep 29, 2012

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