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Ragweed Borer - large brown (Epiblema strenuana complex) (Hodges #3172) Monticello Manor Chicago Cook County IL September 2014 - Epiblema strenuana
Copyright © 2014 Jeff Skrentny

Ragweed Borer - large brown (Epiblema strenuana complex) (Hodges #3172) Monticello Manor Chicago Cook County IL September 2014 - Epiblema strenuana
Chicago / Monticello Manor, Cook County, Illinois, USA
September 1, 2014
Size: 8-10mm
Just before 11pm
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Contributed by Jeff Skrentny on 24 September, 2014 - 5:41pm
Last updated 15 October, 2014 - 7:37am

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Epiblema strenuana complex
This is the "large brown" (as opposed to "small gray") incarnation of the Epiblema strenuana complex (Tortricidae).
… Terry Harrison, 24 September, 2014 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

side view?
Thanks
… Maury J. Heiman, 24 September, 2014 - 6:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Maury, first thank you for he
Maury, first thank you for helping me ID all the many moths I have posted, more to come, but more and more I am finding some IDs myself.

As for this particular moth, it flew after two shots. So you see the best of the two shots I captured.
… Jeff Skrentny, 25 September, 2014 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

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