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Desmia funerals/maculalis
Small moth, about 1/2 inch wingspan. Only host plant is grape, so there must be wild grapes in the area where this photo was take. There were other insects found here too that have grapes as host plants.
Grassland and forest
Spotted on Jun 22, 2014
Submitted on Jun 23, 2014
2 Comments
Updated. Thanks for the tip.
Or Desmia funeralis. They are very tricky or impossible to separate from each other. Take a careful (!) look and read the notes at the links for further criteria or informations:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/477890
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3967
As a compromise I suggest you take Desmia funerals/maculalis as scientific ID.