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Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth - Anticarsia gemmatalis
Copyright © 2005 Mike Boone

Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth - Anticarsia gemmatalis
Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA
October 19, 2005
Size: 40mm wingspan
Attracted to lights on my porch. Fairly worn but the line is distinctive.

Previously incorrectly guessed as a geometrid (see discussion).
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Contributed by Mike Boone on 21 October, 2005 - 10:45pm
Last updated 22 October, 2005 - 8:01am

Geometrid-looking Owlet Moth
Velvetbean caterpillar moth - Noctuidae, a tad worn
… Tony-2, 22 October, 2005 - 6:46am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks Tony. Just when I thought I was getting good at picking out the families! I think this one reminded me a lot of the chickweed geometer I'd seen over the summer that I figured it had to be a geometrid.
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