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Small Frosted Wave Moth

Scopula lautaria

Notes:

I'm guessing it's some kind of tiny moth.The second photo is bad but included it to compare the size of the moth to the leaf. The moth looked like it had fringed edges around it's wings!

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4 Comments

MelissaFerguson
MelissaFerguson 11 years ago

Wow! So cool how ya'all can ID this for me-I am so grateful for your help...KyleKeahiGraham, Kitch and ForestDragon-thank you all!

Kitch
Kitch 11 years ago

I deleted my first ID as I think ForestDragon has the right of it.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

Please forgive me for my first ID suggestion (jumped the gun). I am pretty sure this is a Small Frosted Wave moth (a Geometrid moth). Here is another link to more images. The range and color pattern is correct.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/75894

KyleKeahiGraham
KyleKeahiGraham 11 years ago

The ID is my best guess since I can't see it's head.

MelissaFerguson
Spotted by
MelissaFerguson

Melbourne, Florida, USA

Spotted on Apr 2, 2013
Submitted on Apr 5, 2013

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