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small moth or butterfly - Holomelina aurantiaca
Copyright © 2009 Chris Adam

small moth or butterfly - Holomelina aurantiaca
Noonan - Acadia Research Forest, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
July 31, 2009
Size: 1.5cm
On woods road in bright sunlight, coniferous forest.
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Contributed by Chris Adam on 30 August, 2009 - 3:40pm
Last updated 31 August, 2009 - 4:47pm

Moved
Moved from Holomelina.
… Chris Adam, 31 August, 2009 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Holomelina.
… Chris Adam, 31 August, 2009 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

Looks like: [thumb:199350]
Looks like:
… Chris Adam, 31 August, 2009 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

My moth expert in New Brunswi
My moth expert in New Brunswick, Jim Edsall, says this (after viewing the BG page):

Your moth looks like Viribia (Holomelina) aurantiaca. It is pretty hard
to say with certainty without seeing the hindwing, but the locality, a wood
road, suggests that species rather than V. lamae which is almost entirely
restricted to bogs.

So, Holomoline aurantiaca #8121?
… Chris Adam, 31 August, 2009 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

 
That's for you to decide.............
Personally, I'd accept the local expert's advice. "Probably," "most likely," and "suggests that species" is as good as it gets in many cases.
… Bob Patterson, 31 August, 2009 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Done! Thanks, Bob!
Done! Thanks, Bob!
… Chris Adam, 31 August, 2009 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Chris Adam, 31 August, 2009 - 6:51am login or register to post comments

Virbia [=Holomelina] spp.
(no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 30 August, 2009 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

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