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pink and yellow moth - Hyparpax aurora
Copyright © 2007 Becka Walling

pink and yellow moth - Hyparpax aurora
Appalachian Trail, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA
June 20, 2007
Size: 3 cm long
This little moth was hanging onto a blade of grass off of the trail. It did not move when I picked it up to take a photo.
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Contributed by Becka Walling on 22 August, 2007 - 10:38am
Last updated 9 January, 2011 - 9:45am

Rosy Maple Moth Dryocampa rubicunda
One of the prettier moths of North America, Dryocampa rubicunda - the Rosy Maple Moth.
… KevinMHall, 22 August, 2007 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

 
I'm going to disagree...
I think this may be a pink prominent--Hodges 8022.
The reason I think it's this one, is that the rosey maple's entire body and head tend to be all yellow, whereas this photo shows pink on both head and tail ends.

to compare rosy maple
http://bugguide.net/node/view/466

to pink prominent, look here.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3794

the other similar looking one is a primrose, but the margins of color on the specimen shown here seem to rule out this choice.

Nina
… Nina, 22 August, 2007 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

 
Absolutely correct, I wasn't
Absolutely correct, I wasn't paying careful enough attention.
… KevinMHall, 22 August, 2007 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

Very cute!
Bananas and strawberry! =) I don't know what kind it is, though.
… Ashley Bradford, 22 August, 2007 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

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