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Butterfly ID ? - Anania funebris
Copyright © 2005 bugguy91

Butterfly ID ? - Anania funebris
Pennsylvania County, Pennsylvania, USA
I'm sure this is a butterlfy, not sure what species or even if it's a skipper. Or even moth for that matter.

Scoured some butterfly ID websites to no avail.
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Contributed by bugguy91 on 10 July, 2005 - 12:34am
Last updated 2 August, 2005 - 12:25pm

Please add the date this individual was photographed
Thanks!
… Maury J. Heiman, 6 June, 2018 - 7:15am login or register to post comments

Forester Moth
Forester Moth, genus Alypia. I'm not sure of species, others may know.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 10 July, 2005 - 6:27am login or register to post comments

 
Pyralid - Anania funebris
The White-spotted Sable lacks the "orange leg-warmers" of noctuids in the genus Alypia.
… Robin McLeod, 10 July, 2005 - 10:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Well, I'm wearing orthopedic shoes (standing corrected), but maybe now I'll remember how to tell those two groups apart.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 11 July, 2005 - 4:55am login or register to post comments

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