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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Xanthorhoini » Xanthorhoe » Xanthorhoe defensaria - Hodges#7386 (Xanthorhoe defensaria)
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Xanthorhoe defensaria? - Xanthorhoe defensaria - female
Copyright © 2016 Joseph V Higbee

Xanthorhoe defensaria? - Xanthorhoe defensaria - Female
Spanaway, Pierce County, Washington, USA
March 25, 2016
I have seen and photographed a more worn specimen on 4/2/2016 that may be the same one, or not.
This has been submitted to Bamona but not confirmed as yet.
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Contributed by Joseph V Higbee on 5 April, 2016 - 9:36am
Last updated 31 December, 2020 - 3:30pm

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
Confirmed on BaMoNA
… Joseph V Higbee, 14 April, 2016 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 9 April, 2016 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kyhl Austin, 8 April, 2016 - 10:55pm login or register to post comments

Yes, most likely X. defensaria.
Some of the Xanthorhoes are quite variable and can be hard to get to species.
… Libby & Rick Avis, 5 April, 2016 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

Moth
Similar Species?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1207187/bgimage

Hadn't planned to post this until I saw yours. Looking on line I see there is some variation in images returned for this species, but not quite convinced it varies this much.
… AnimalGuy, 5 April, 2016 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

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