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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ghost Moths (Hepialoidea) » Ghost Moths (Hepialidae) » Sthenopis » Four-spotted Ghost Moth - Hodges#0019 (Sthenopis purpurascens)
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Four-spotted Ghost Moth - Sthenopis purpurascens
Copyright © 2008 Larry de March

Four-spotted Ghost Moth - Sthenopis purpurascens
Whiteshell Provincial Park east of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
August 5, 2008
Size: 1.75-2"/4-5 cm long
Mixed forest of white spruce, jack pine birch trembling aspen with understory of alder hazel and blueberry
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Contributed by Larry de March on 7 August, 2008 - 5:26pm
Last updated 25 February, 2009 - 10:41am

Moved
Moved from purpurascens.
… Larry de March, 25 February, 2009 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

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Looks similar to Sthenopsis purpurascens in Guide here.
… John Davis, 7 August, 2008 - 6:48pm login or register to post comments

 
That's it! Thank you John.
That's it!

Thank you John.

Larry
… Larry de March, 7 August, 2008 - 7:11pm login or register to post comments

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