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Southern Purple Mint Moth

Pyrausta laticlavia

Description:

small pink and yellow moth. Tended to stick to grassy areas to hide. Was skittish but allowed me to finally take a photo. Maybe 1/2 in from wingtip to wingtil. Seen around 5:30pm

Habitat:

low grassy areas, preferred to flit to a new location on the ground if I got close. West central ga.

Notes:

Thank you for help with the ID. :)

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Southern Purple Mint Moth
Pyrausta laticlavia Southern Purple Mint Moth (Pyrausta laticlavia) · iNaturalist


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1 Comment

Deny
Deny 3 years ago

Nice

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momsavang

Columbus, Georgia, United States

Spotted on Aug 21, 2020
Submitted on Aug 22, 2020

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