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Moth8172 - Xanthotype - female
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Moth8172 - Xanthotype - Female
Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
August 17, 2020
Size: 20mm ws (est)
Contributed by leealloway on 17 August, 2020 - 1:06pm
Last updated 17 August, 2020 - 2:13pm

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Moved from ID Request.

The only time I have seen these was at the 2017 BG meeting in Minnesota. I think the concensus there was that these are so variable that species placement is almost impossible and you can have at least 4 species in Virginia.
… A. Hendrickson, 17 August, 2020 - 2:13pm

Xanthotype sp.
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… Solomon V. Hendrix, 17 August, 2020 - 1:18pm

 
Xantho
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. It does look quite like the False crocus geometer (Xanthotype urticaria) in Peterson, although I understand the Crocus geometer X. sospita can look about the same.
… leealloway, 17 August, 2020 - 7:57pm

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