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Friendly Probole - Hodges#6838 (Probole amicaria)
Photo#66365
Copyright © 2006
Cotinis
Probole amicaria
Snowhill Road north of Cabin Branch Creek, Treyburn area, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 9, 2006
Size: 45 mm
Found at a light, captured, and posed. Wingspan estimated from wing chord, measured at 21 mm.
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Contributed by
Cotinis
on 24 July, 2006 - 5:31pm
Last updated 26 June, 2016 - 11:27am
Moved
Moved from
Alien Probole
.
P. amicaria
and
alienaria
cannot be separated even with DNA (there is only one BIN for both). Although no peer reviewed paper has been published, it seems reasonable to assume that all North American specimens in this genus belong to a single species. Moved to
Probole amicaria
as it has seniority. See comments in the Moth Forums
here
and Remarks on the Info page for
P. amicaria
here
.
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Steve Nanz
, 13 June, 2016 - 11:31am
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