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Leather wing? - Hypoprepia fucosa
Copyright © 2007 countrybum

Leather wing? - Hypoprepia fucosa
Germantown, Mountgomery County, Ohio, USA
June 30, 2007
Size: 5/8" (approx)
First I'd like to say that I use this site all the time to identify bugs and it is a great resource! Second I'd like to say I am a novice at bug identification. I have spent hours trying to id this bug, I'm thinking I must be way off base since I can't find anything like it. So any help is appreciated.
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Contributed by countrybum on 3 July, 2007 - 9:36am
Last updated 4 July, 2007 - 8:00am

looks like
Painted Lichen moth-Hypoprepia fucosa
… Sharon Cates, 3 July, 2007 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

 
absolutely gorgeous
specimen. Very nice shot.
… Kevin H. Wirth, 4 July, 2007 - 12:35am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
I originally thought it was a moth by the way it flew and always seeing them at night but when I couldn't find it I gave up on that idea.

Thanks for the help.
… countrybum, 3 July, 2007 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

Oops
Sorry, I should have added that I see these bugs at night gathered under the outside light. The habitat is forest/forest edge.
… countrybum, 3 July, 2007 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

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