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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Erebidae » Erebinae » Thermesiini » Ascalapha » Black Witch - Hodges#8649 (Ascalapha odorata)
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Unknown moth type - Ascalapha odorata
Copyright © 2009 MeredithC

Unknown moth type - Ascalapha odorata
Surprise, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
August 23, 2009
Size: 4-5 inches
If anyone can identify this for me I would appeciate it!
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Contributed by MeredithC on 23 August, 2009 - 11:12am
Last updated 13 March, 2010 - 11:26am

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Black Witch
This is a very worn female Ascalapha odorata, the Black Witch, a moth native to Mexico which occasionally migrates northward during the summer rainy season. More information can be found here.
… Chris Mallory, 23 August, 2009 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

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