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Police Car Moth - Hodges#8037 (Gnophaela vermiculata)
Photo#799183
Copyright © 2013
Miles Buddy
Caterpillar -
Gnophaela vermiculata
Telluride, Bear Creek Trail, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
July 1, 2013
Found on
Mertensia
(Bluebell).
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Contributed by
Miles Buddy
on 6 July, 2013 - 1:19pm
Last updated 22 July, 2019 - 11:54pm
Moved
Moved from
Gnophaela
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john and jane balaban
, 8 November, 2015 - 6:02pm
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john and jane balaban
, 15 July, 2013 - 2:45pm
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No mistaking that beauty
and on the right foodplant, Boraginaceae. It is one of the Gnophaela, Police Car Moths. You may only have vermiculata in Colorado, which, if true, would make the ID easy.
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john and jane balaban
, 6 July, 2013 - 1:31pm
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