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Parasa indetermina
Copyright © 2007 mscipm

Parasa indetermina
Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
July 23, 2007
Size: 1/2" length
found on sliding door frame early in the a.m.

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Contributed by mscipm on 23 July, 2007 - 9:19am
Last updated 28 January, 2008 - 11:40am

Check out images of Parasa
in the guide here
… john and jane balaban, 23 July, 2007 - 10:36am

 
Agree - Parasa
The dark patch in the brown terminal band of the forewing (about midway down), along with the more rounded wing shape, would indicate Parasa indetermina, # 4699. That dark marking is not present in P. chloris.
… J.D. Roberts, 23 July, 2007 - 1:09pm

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