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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Cassymini » Protitame » Virgin Moth - Hodges#6270 (Protitame virginalis)
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Geometridae: Protitame virginialis - Protitame virginalis - female
Copyright © 2016 Carl Barrentine

Geometridae: Protitame virginialis - Protitame virginalis - Female
Erskine, Polk County, Minnesota, USA
July 30, 2016
Size: Wingspread ~ 2.3 cm
A ventral view (through plastic).

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Geometridae: Protitame virginialis - Protitame virginalis - female Geometridae: Protitame virginialis - Protitame virginalis - female
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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 30 July, 2016 - 2:02pm
Last updated 19 October, 2018 - 10:56pm

Moved
Moved from The Vestal.
… Jason D. Roberts, 3 June, 2018 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Virgin Moth.
… Jason D. Roberts, 10 February, 2018 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Not Protitame virginalis?
I'm just trying to learn the difference between P. virginalis and Cabera erythemaria. I read that P. virginalis has the dark gray forelegs.
Thank you.
… Diane P. Brooks, 3 June, 2018 - 11:31am login or register to post comments

 
Actually
You're correct. I probably grabbed this one by mistake on one of those days I was moving lots of images. Corrected. Thanks.
… Jason D. Roberts, 3 June, 2018 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

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