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moth - Operophtera bruceata - male
Copyright © 2015 molanic

moth - Operophtera bruceata - Male
DuPage County, Illinois, USA
November 20, 2015
I wasn't able to find this one in my moth book, although there are a lot of little brown moths that look alike. The straight on picture is a little sharper but the slightly angled one makes it easier to see the pattern of the color banding. Found this outside by the back door a couple of days ago right before we got our first big snow and cold snap.

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Contributed by molanic on 22 November, 2015 - 11:02am
Last updated 18 February, 2018 - 4:34pm

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Thanks
Operophtera bruceata is in my book. It looks a lot more gray than brown to me, which is probably why I flipped right past it. So it looks like it is probably Operophtera bruceata or possibly the invasive Operophtera brumata? I can't find the differences between them other than location.
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