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Photo#1275687
brown moth - Orgyia leucostigma - male

brown moth - Orgyia leucostigma - Male
Columbia, Howard County, Maryland, USA
September 11, 2013

Moved to White-marked Tussock
Moved from ID Request.

PM, reniform, white spots, and dark "smudges" on AM, near costa, look good

Looks like it could possibly
Looks like it could possibly be a White-marked Tussock Moth (Orgyia leucostigma) or at least another one in the same Orgyia genus.

Perhaps
Species Orgyia leucostigma - White-marked Tussock Moth - Hodges#8316 - male ?

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