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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Spilosomina
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Salt marsh moth Estigmene acrea - Estigmene acrea
Copyright © 2015 Clay Nichols

Salt marsh moth Estigmene acrea - Estigmene acrea
Connelly Springs Old NC 18 and Ramsey Road, Oklahoma County, North Carolina, USA
June 16, 2012
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Contributed by Clay Nichols on 14 August, 2015 - 7:57pm
Last updated 4 December, 2017 - 1:37am

Moved
Moved from Salt Marsh Moth.

I am also not a moth expert, but I would tend to agree with I Fox that this does not look like the other E. acrea -- it seems to be too lightly marked on the wings and also is lacking the noticeable banding on the legs. Moving to Spilosomina for further review.
… Harsi S. Parker, 4 December, 2017 - 1:37am login or register to post comments

I'm not a expert but I think
I'm not a expert but I think that this one looks more like a Spilosoma
species to me, maybe an Agreeable Tiger Moth (Spilosoma congrua) or an Virginian Tiger Moth (Spilosoma virginica)
… I Fox, 30 April, 2016 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

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