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The Gem - Orthonama obstipata - female
Copyright © 2005 Cotinis

The Gem - Orthonama obstipata - Female
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 28, 2005
Size: 20 mm
Found at my porch light. Size measured by photographing adjacent to a scale: body length 9 mm, wingspan 20 mm. Identification based on other images in guide and on references in guide page.
Contributed by Cotinis on 6 June, 2005 - 1:29pm
Last updated 6 June, 2005 - 6:04pm

Another sexually
dimorphic species. This guy is a gal!

Anthony W. Thomas
… A.W. Thomas, 6 June, 2005 - 3:52pm

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