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Orange moth with black spots - Clepsis peritana
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Orange moth with black spots - Clepsis peritana
Maplesville, Chilton County, Alabama, USA
February 27, 2018
This was an orange moth with a dark band across the midline and two black semi-ovals near the apices. I think he would be classified as a micro moth with length < 1.0cm.
Contributed by John Morgan on 27 February, 2018 - 10:50pm

Moved, Clepsis peritana
Moved from ID Request. Micro- and macrolepidoptera are divided by taxonomic groupings rather than size, though macros tend to be larger than micros. As a tortricid, this species is a micro.
… Aaron Hunt, 27 February, 2018 - 11:12pm

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