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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ghost Moths (Hepialoidea) » Ghost Moths (Hepialidae) » Sthenopis » Gold-spotted Ghost Moth - Hodges#0022 (Sthenopis pretiosus)
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Ghost Moth sp? - Sthenopis pretiosus
Copyright © 2008 Larry Clarfeld

Ghost Moth sp? - Sthenopis pretiosus
Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, USA
July 12, 2008
Attracted using blacklights as part of the Montpelier BioBlitz
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Contributed by Larry Clarfeld on 16 October, 2008 - 8:23pm
Last updated 17 October, 2008 - 8:33pm

Sthenopis auratus
Yours is in far better condition than this picture I found:


Nice photo!
… James Bailey, 17 October, 2008 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

 
hey don't pick on the only ph
hey don't pick on the only photos of this one this species I ever found and took the photo with my old crappy camera!
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 4 May, 2010 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the ID. There must have been 50 species present at the blacklights, this was easily one of the most impressive of the bunch.
… Larry Clarfeld, 17 October, 2008 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

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