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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Swallowtail Moths (Uraniidae) » Scoopwing Moths (Epipleminae) » Antiplecta » unidentified Antiplecta sp. from Florida - Hodges#7652.01 (Antiplecta unidentified-fl-sp)
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Unid Moth 6 - Antiplecta unidentified-fl-sp
Copyright © 2013 Seth Ausubel

Unid Moth 6 - Antiplecta unidentified-fl-sp
Sanibel, Lee County, Florida, USA
December 1, 2013
Size: wingspan appx 1 cm
What is this strange moth? Doesn't look right for a Plume Moth with abdomen extended upward, short legs, folded wings.

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Unid Moth 6 - Antiplecta unidentified-fl-sp Unid Moth 6 - Antiplecta unidentified-fl-sp
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Contributed by Seth Ausubel on 7 December, 2013 - 11:42am
Last updated 2 October, 2018 - 5:15am

Moved
Moved from Philagraula slossoniae.
… Steve Nanz, 2 October, 2018 - 5:15am login or register to post comments

 
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At 1 cm is much smaller than Philagraula slossoniae. Jim Vargo alerted me to the error yesterday. His image at MPG along with one by Carol Wolf have been subsequently moved to the newly created page, "7652.01 – Antiplecta sp – Unidentified Antiplecta from Florida".
… Steve Nanz, 2 October, 2018 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

Uraniidae: Philagraula slossoniae
Moved from Antiplecta triangularis.

sorry! Moving before thinking. :)
… Maury J. Heiman, 7 December, 2013 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

 
Amazing
critter.
… Seth Ausubel, 7 December, 2013 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

Antiplecta triangularis
Moved from ID Request.
… Maury J. Heiman, 7 December, 2013 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

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