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Boxwood Leaftier Moth

Galasa nigrinodis

Description:

Small, red to brown Pyralid moth

Habitat:

At porch lights near overgrown field/front yard and mixed hardwood forest.

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2 Comments

flowntheloop
flowntheloop 6 years ago

Thank you for clearing that up!

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 6 years ago

I believe this is Galasa nigrinodis. The front legs actually do not have big tufts. Only the two hind sets do. If you scroll through the images on Bug Guide you can see some that have all legs visible. http://bugguide.net/node/view/24031

flowntheloop
Spotted by
flowntheloop

Plainville, Georgia, USA

Spotted on Dec 10, 2014
Submitted on Jul 26, 2017

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