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Orange Moth - Virbia aurantiaca
Copyright © 2007 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Orange Moth - Virbia aurantiaca
Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
August 10, 2007
On some kind of nettle.
Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 10 August, 2007 - 12:25pm
Last updated 10 August, 2007 - 1:51pm

It looks like one of these:
It looks like one of these:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/4493
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 10 August, 2007 - 1:44pm

 
Orange Holomelina Moth
Thanks Jo that looks like it.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 10 August, 2007 - 1:50pm

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