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Waxmyrtle Wave Moth - Cyclophora myrtaria - female
Copyright © 2017 Ken Bosso

Waxmyrtle Wave Moth - Cyclophora myrtaria - Female
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
April 23, 2017
Found under carport
Contributed by Ken Bosso on 24 April, 2017 - 7:53am
Last updated 6 August, 2017 - 7:02pm

Moved
Moved from Packard's Wave.

Aaron, thanks for catching this. The info pages may need some updates. I'm looking at some of the DNA verified images and I will look for more ID info, since we don't have much for discriminating these from Cyclophora benjamini.
Unbranched antennae = ♀
Cyclophora myrtaria: ♂ ♀ -- vs. -- Cyclophora packardi:
… Bob Biagi, 6 August, 2017 - 6:42pm

Myrtaria?
I think this may be C. myrtaria, based on the positioning of the fifth dot from the costa on the PM line of the FW.
… Aaron Hunt, 6 August, 2017 - 2:06am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 24 April, 2017 - 12:51pm

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