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Obscure Psara? - Psara obscuralis
Copyright © 2017 Timothy Calkins

Obscure Psara? - Psara obscuralis
Reston, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
July 19, 2017
Observed 7 a.m. near porch light. Was thinking something in herpetogramma but they didn't quite match. Might this be Psara obscuralis?
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Contributed by Timothy Calkins on 19 July, 2017 - 8:37am
Last updated 19 July, 2017 - 6:04pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 19 July, 2017 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

Hollow spotted blaphoromastix
Hollow spotted blaphoromastix B. ranalis Hodges 5182 Host: Goosefoot according to Beadle & leckie
… Blaine Rothauser, 19 July, 2017 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

 
similar, but I don't think the same
AM and PM lines are much more jagged than in B. ranalis, and ST line is more individual points than dashed.
… Timothy Calkins, 19 July, 2017 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

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