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Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth - Lithacodes fasciola
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Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth - Lithacodes fasciola
Pitkin, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA
July 25, 2019
BugGuide Gathering_2019
Contributed by John Lampkin on 14 August, 2019 - 6:56am

The info page says
"Dark subterminal line curves from PM line to outer margin"
Yours and the one we took look very straight. Does that mean this could be L. gracea?
Here's ours
… john and jane balaban, 1 February, 2020 - 10:49pm

 
If so...
...that would be a first BugGuide report for LA.
… John Lampkin, 2 February, 2020 - 6:34am

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