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plume moth

Pterophoridae

Description:

family Pterophoridae.Very distinct wings.

1 Species ID Suggestions

stho002
stho002 9 years ago
plume moth
family Pterophoridae


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4 Comments

doreen.chambers.14
doreen.chambers.14 9 years ago

Thanks to all of you

stho002
stho002 9 years ago

All Pterophoridae look very similar

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Joshua is certainly right. Maybe Geina sp.? Not sure! I cannot see all the details like the colors of the legs ant body markings, which would be important for an ID down to genus/species level. Can you make large and "sharp" crop?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/20962/bgpa...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/4561/bgpag...

JoshuaGSmith
JoshuaGSmith 9 years ago

Probably a pterophorid or plume moth

Vermont, USA

Spotted on Jul 10, 2014
Submitted on Jul 10, 2014

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