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Pinion - Lithophane bethunei
Copyright © 2016 Marcia Morris

Pinion - Lithophane bethunei
Verona, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
March 16, 2016
same moth, photographed in daylight, still at the porch light in the morning
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Contributed by Marcia Morris on 16 March, 2016 - 6:19pm
Last updated 17 March, 2016 - 5:33pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Marcia Morris, 17 March, 2016 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

My best guess would be Bethun
My best guess would be Bethune's Pinion (Lithophane bethunei)


Two of the See Alsos can be ruled out by lack of a sharp black subreniform spot. And your moth does not seem to have the more prominent, although diffuse, subreniform spot of the very similar Lithophane innominata - Nameless Pinion. More of a light grey smudge than a spot.
… nancy dowd, 17 March, 2016 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

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