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Wood Leopard Moth

Zeuzera pyrina

Description:

White insect with black markings

2 Species ID Suggestions

Wood Leopard Moth
Zeuzera pyrina Wood Leopard Moth | Project Noah
Max Brodie
Max Brodie 11 years ago
Leopard Moth
Hypercompe scribonia


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4 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

No problem! This is quite an interesting moth!

MatthewO'Toole
MatthewO'Toole 11 years ago

Thanks for the update. Great looking moth!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Matthew, this is not Hypercompe scribonia. Observe these two links:
Zeuzera pyrina: http://bugguide.net/node/view/532237
Hypercompe scribonia: http://bugguide.net/node/view/538940
Notice how Zeuzera pyrina clearly has six black spots, three on each side of the head, and how Hypercompe scribonia has them much more scattered.
I apologize for previous comment not working.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Beautiful Moth! Could you consider adding this to my mission, Moths of the Americas? Thanks!
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841...

MatthewO'Toole
Spotted by
MatthewO'Toole

Spring Valley, New York, USA

Spotted on Jul 9, 2012
Submitted on Jul 10, 2012

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