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Moth  - Isophrictis striatella

Moth - Isophrictis striatella
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 21, 2008
Size: small
Several of these were flying around flowers just before dusk.

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Moved very tentatively
Moved from Isophrictis magnella. I think magnella may not actually occur in the east. It would be great to get one of these northeast specimens barcoded. Kept here for now with the Maine examples.

Moved
Moved from Isophrictis.

Moved
Moved from Moths.

Isophrictis sp
Looks like Isophrictis.

 
Isophrictis magnella
Right you are. This moth agrees well with Busck's 1903 description (Proc. USNM 25: 776; the journal is online here), and with SangMi Lee's photo on MPG, of Isophrictis magnella.

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