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Grapevine Epimenis - Hodges#9309 (Psychomorpha epimenis)
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Copyright © 2007
Ilona L.
Moth -
Psychomorpha epimenis
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
May 2, 2007
Photographed this small butt*erfly from a distance because it was very skittish and thus didn't get a good photo. But can it be identified from the coloration?
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Contributed by
Ilona L.
on 4 May, 2007 - 12:21pm
Last updated 16 March, 2013 - 1:50am
Moved
Moved from
Butterflies
.
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john and jane balaban
, 4 May, 2007 - 8:25pm
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Not butterfly:-)
Not everything gaudy is a butterfly. This is a moth, specifically the "grapevine epimenis," a common early spring, day-flying moth in the eastern U.S.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 4 May, 2007 - 12:57pm
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Thanks.
This explains why I was unable to find it by looking at the butterfly photos!
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Ilona L.
, 5 May, 2007 - 2:44pm
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