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Little Virgin Tiger Moth - Hodges#8175

Grammia virguncula

Description:

Forewing black with thick and thin yellowish to cream-colored lines; only 1 transverse line on forewing, which extends as a zigzag from costa near apex hindwing yellow with extensinve black shading in both sexes look for yellow line on underside of abdomen

Habitat:

Newfoundland to North Carolina in the mountains, west to South Dakota, north to Alberta and Yukon Territory

Notes:

This is a rather uncommon to rare species of tiger moth. And my first time finding it.

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LuckyLogan
Spotted by
LuckyLogan

Iowa, USA

Spotted on May 28, 2014
Submitted on May 28, 2014

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