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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Erebidae » Erebinae » Ascalapha » Black Witch - Hodges#8649 (Ascalapha odorata)
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4-5 inch brown moth/ butterfly - Ascalapha odorata
Copyright © 2006 April Mowers

4-5 inch brown moth/ butterfly - Ascalapha odorata
San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA
July 29, 2006
Size: 4 to 5 inches across
I have lived here my whole life and have never seen a moth/ butterfly like this. It's wings seem quit weathered like it had traveled a long way.. Please help, I’m curious to know where it came from. Thanks!

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Contributed by April Mowers on 2 August, 2006 - 12:53pm
Last updated 3 August, 2006 - 1:10am

Moved
to guide.
… Chuck Entz, 3 August, 2006 - 1:11am login or register to post comments

They Come From Mexico....
.... every year. More of them in some years than others, they can fan out from coast to coast. Last year one showed up at a sap flow at the "Catocala Tree" in Central Park, NYC.

Mike Quinn tracks their dispersal every year at This Website.
… Bob Patterson, 2 August, 2006 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

What a cool find!
This appears to be the Black Witch moth, Ascalapha odorata. See guide and compare below:

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 2 August, 2006 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

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