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moth - Pterotaea cariosa
Copyright © 2016 Joyce Gross

moth - Pterotaea cariosa
near Redway, Humboldt County, California, USA
August 3, 2007
Came to UV light.
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 4 February, 2016 - 12:17am
Last updated 6 February, 2016 - 10:06pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 6 February, 2016 - 10:06pm

 
ID Info
Chris Schmidt does not know the genus well but said that dissection is usually needed. How did you make the tentative determination? BOLD has a similar example but it is barcoding as P. newcombi. I doubt it is that species because the sequence is incomplete, missing ~8%, and it looks different. There is no info on how the BOLD specimens was identified.
… Steve Nanz, 20 December, 2019 - 4:59am

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