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Pleuroprucha insulsaria - female
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Pleuroprucha insulsaria - Female
Parkwood, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
September 11, 2024
Size: 20 mm wingspan
Size estimated. Perhaps a Crambid? Has a distinctive white line between eyes, and pale base to antennae.
Taking nectar on Late Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum) at night.
Also uploaded at:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241409846
Contributed by Cotinis on 12 September, 2024 - 7:59am
Last updated 28 September, 2024 - 10:30pm

Female
Antennae 👍
… Bob Biagi, 12 September, 2024 - 1:46pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths. Thanks, for the ID, Aaron. Sneaky geometers--I should have known.
… Cotinis, 12 September, 2024 - 1:44pm

Pleuroprucha insulsaria
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… Aaron Hunt, 12 September, 2024 - 1:28pm

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