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Samea ecclesialis or S. multiplicalis? - Samea castellalis - male

Samea ecclesialis or S. multiplicalis? - Samea castellalis - Male
Bibb County, Georgia, USA
August 26, 2020
@ black lights

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

The fringe on the forewings are not very well marked, but the males of multiplicalis do not have dark abdominal hair-tufts, like that.

Male
Notice the 2 tufts of long-dark scales that come from (somewhere) near the lateral edges of the 5th abdominal segment. = ♂

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