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Unknown moth type insect - Scoliopteryx libatrix
Copyright © 2015 Dickie L. Byrd

Unknown moth type insect - Scoliopteryx libatrix
Fairbanks, North Star Borough County, Alaska, USA
May 26, 2015
Size: Less then 1 inch
This moth in my back yard was on the edge of a rough-cut 1x3-in board at 10:30 AM. The temperature was about 58ºF. I wonder if it is a moth, I could see no antennae. It is alive but moved its legs very slowly. I have spent 4 hours searching Roger Tory Peterson Field Guide to Moths and over 6 hours on BugGuide.net and have found nothing close to this moth at this time. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Contributed by Dickie L. Byrd on 30 May, 2015 - 4:50am
Last updated 30 May, 2015 - 6:48am

See the original (Covell's) Peterson moth guide, plate 39
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… Skip Blanchard, 30 May, 2015 - 6:44am

The Herald
Guide.
… John Stanard, 30 May, 2015 - 6:32am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 30 May, 2015 - 6:31am

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