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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Flannel Moths (Megalopygidae) » Megalopyge » Black-waved Flannel Moth - Hodges#4644 (Megalopyge crispata)
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Blonde moth - Megalopyge crispata - male
Copyright © 2015 digginflowers

Blonde moth - Megalopyge crispata - Male
Dorchester, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA
June 9, 2015
Size: TL about 18mm
Found on the exterior wall of a convenience store along with a variety of species.
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Contributed by digginflowers on 10 June, 2015 - 2:55pm
Last updated 11 August, 2015 - 10:02am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Marcia Morris, 3 July, 2015 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

Megalopyge, I think
or perhaps Lagoa. Something in that family at least.
… metrioptera, 10 June, 2015 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you ! It is a Lagoa cri
Thank you ! It is a Lagoa crispate, Black-Waved Flannel Moth.
… digginflowers, 10 June, 2015 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

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