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Lactura basistriga ? - Enaemia subfervens
Copyright © 2015 Stuart J. Marcus

Lactura basistriga ? - Enaemia subfervens
Trinity River Refuge HQ building., Liberty County, Texas, USA
March 10, 2015
Or maybe L. subfervens. Not sure how to tell difference.
Contributed by Stuart J. Marcus on 10 March, 2015 - 8:55am
Last updated 7 January, 2018 - 5:47pm

Moved
Moved from Lactura.
… A. Hendrickson, 7 January, 2018 - 5:47pm

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Moved from ID Request.

Flight time seems right for your choice, but I have given up trying to identify these similar moths to species. If you are right then L. subterfens has two forms, like yours and much more "flea bitten" to use a horse term.
… A. Hendrickson, 23 March, 2015 - 8:55am

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