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Moth feeding upon Boneset
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Moth feeding upon Boneset
Clarke County, Clarke County, Mississippi, USA
October 9, 2008
Size: Wing span 21 mm
This moth clings to flowers and rests while feeding upon Boneset. Body length is 11.5 mm while wing span is 21 mm.

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Contributed by MIG on 11 October, 2008 - 3:02am
Last updated 27 October, 2008 - 4:17pm

not a firm ID, but...
My best guess on this one is
5228 – Ironweed Root Moth – Polygrammodes flavidalis
… Nina, 11 October, 2008 - 7:49am login or register to post comments

 
or
Something in Herpetogramma maybe.
… Jason Forbes, 11 October, 2008 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

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