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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Zygaenoidea » Leaf Skeletonizer Moths (Zygaenidae) » Harrisina » Grapeleaf Skeletonizer - Hodges#4624 (Harrisina americana)
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Harrisina americana
Copyright © 2007 mpatrikeev

Harrisina americana
Beverly Swamp Conservation Area, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
June 30, 2007
Size: 25-30 mm
On Common Milkweed.
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Contributed by mpatrikeev on 10 February, 2008 - 4:01pm
Last updated 16 February, 2008 - 5:26pm

Looks like
Looks like a Grapeleaf Skeletonizer - Hodges#4624 (Harrisina americana).

Virginia Ctenucha(Ctenucha virginica) would have more blue on the body, and Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis) normally doesn't pose in that way (although sometimes it does a little) but it wouldn't have the tufts on the abdomen.
… John R. Maxwell, 10 February, 2008 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

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