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(Banded or Harnessed?) Tiger Moth - Apantesis phalerata - male
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(Banded or Harnessed?) Tiger Moth - Apantesis phalerata - Male
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 26, 2004
One last in a series of different inviduals from the same location. A rather variable lot of moths.
Contributed by Cotinis on 30 January, 2005 - 2:37am
Last updated 18 February, 2019 - 7:04pm

Moved
Moved from Apantesis.
… Jason D. Roberts, 22 January, 2011 - 12:53pm

by the more angled wings, I'd
by the more angled wings, I'd say this is phalerata. Vittata has more rounded vings.
… roar, 30 July, 2009 - 7:49am

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