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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Spilomelinae » Margaroniini » Palpita » Four-spotted Palpita - Hodges#5218 (Palpita quadristigmalis)
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Four spotted Palpita - Palpita quadristigmalis
Copyright © 2014 John Kaye

Four spotted Palpita - Palpita quadristigmalis
National Butterfly Center, Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
November 10, 2014
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Contributed by John Kaye on 11 November, 2014 - 4:18pm
Last updated 12 November, 2014 - 3:36pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Cliff Ivy, 12 November, 2014 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

Not a moth expert but check Four spotted Palpita
… Cliff Ivy, 12 November, 2014 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks from a rank amateur (as is obvious)
Quite the beautiful moth. First time we've seen it but then we've only started getting into butterflies and moths.
… John Kaye, 12 November, 2014 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

 
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What a beautiful photo from an amateur!
… A. Hendrickson, 12 November, 2014 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

 
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I agree. It was my first thought.
… A. Hendrickson, 12 November, 2014 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the support
Really helps my confidence.
… Cliff Ivy, 12 November, 2014 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

Long, rod like antennae indicate
a moth.
… Cliff Ivy, 11 November, 2014 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

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