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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Fruit-piercing Moths (Calpinae) » Calpini » Plusiodonta » Moonseed Moth - Hodges#8534 (Plusiodonta compressipalpis)
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Moth ID ? - Plusiodonta compressipalpis
Copyright © 2013 Cliff Ivy

Moth ID ? - Plusiodonta compressipalpis
Barling, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
March 20, 2013
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Contributed by Cliff Ivy on 20 March, 2013 - 11:47pm
Last updated 22 March, 2013 - 9:09am

Moonseed Moth - Hodges #8534
Moved from ID Request.

Earliest recorded for Arkansas. NOTE: I swapped images, to keep your better image with the comments.
Robert
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 22 March, 2013 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for handling the pic move
and I had a good morning laugh too.
… Cliff Ivy, 22 March, 2013 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

very worn Plusiodonta compressipalpis - Hodges#8534
Thanks!
… Maury J. Heiman, 21 March, 2013 - 12:07am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID
Yes, very worn. Either a rough winter or an old guy like me with nothing left on the top.
Should I frass or move?
… Cliff Ivy, 21 March, 2013 - 10:43am login or register to post comments

 
You talking about ...
you or the moth?
:)
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 22 March, 2013 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

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