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yellow moth - Xanthotype
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yellow moth - Xanthotype
Fayetteville, washington County, Arkansas, USA
May 31, 2019
Contributed by mksanders on 2 June, 2019 - 6:27am
Last updated 17 June, 2019 - 5:31pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 17 June, 2019 - 5:31pm

I'd say that's a crocus geome
I'd say that's a crocus geometer (Xanthotype sospeta).

False crocus geometer (Xanthotype urticaria) is also a possibility, as they look extremely similar
… the sego sago kid, 2 June, 2019 - 4:02pm

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