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Photo#1300117
Agdistis americana

Agdistis americana
La Orilla Trail, San Elijo State Reserve, San Diego County, California, USA
October 1, 2016
Neat Pterophorid in coastal salt marsh, with complete wings rather than plumed ones. When seeing the image of this moth on MPG I did not expect it to look like this in real life! Looks like this Y pose is characteristic of the genus when alive: http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/agdistis-tamaricis/

Nice!
Images added to MPG. Thanks!

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