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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Window-winged Moths (Thyridoidea) » Window-winged Moths (Thyrididae) » Thyridinae » Thyris » Spotted Thyris - Hodges#6076 (Thyris maculata)
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orange and black moth with white spots on wings - Thyris maculata
Copyright © 2020 Larry Reis

orange and black moth with white spots on wings - Thyris maculata
Canoe Creek WMA , Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 16, 2020
Size: ~9 mm
This moth matched up very well with examples of the spotted thyris (Thyris maculata) as I tried to identify it. I did notice that T. maculata has not been reported to BugGuide from Iowa before though, so I may be wrong in my tentative ID. I'd appreciate some expert help here.
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Contributed by Larry Reis on 30 December, 2020 - 8:16am
Last updated 30 December, 2020 - 4:19pm

Moved, Thyris maculata
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Aaron Hunt, 30 December, 2020 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thyris maculata
Thanks so much for confirming that this colorful little moth is Thyris maculata, Aaron! I thought it might be, but I've been fooled by moths with close look-alikes before.
… Larry Reis, 30 December, 2020 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

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