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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Cerurinae » Americerura » Black-etched Prominent - Hodges#7942 (Americerura scitiscripta)
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something in the tussock family? - Americerura scitiscripta
Copyright © 2005 Clifford

something in the tussock family? - Americerura scitiscripta
Richmond, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA
June 12, 2005
Size: a little over an inch
I thought at first this might be the dreaded Gypsy moth, which would be a shame, because it is such a beautiful animal. But although my Audubon Field Guide matches it faintly, it doesn't look anything like the Gypsies on the guide here. Maybe there's hope!

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something in the tussock family? - Americerura scitiscripta something in the tussock family? - Americerura scitiscripta
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Contributed by Clifford on 15 June, 2005 - 7:29am
Last updated 20 June, 2005 - 7:22pm

Nope, Notodontidae -- The Prominents
That's a really nice photo of 7942 - Black-etched Prominent Moth - Cerura scitiscripta
… Bob Patterson, 15 June, 2005 - 8:06am login or register to post comments

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