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Lichen moth - Leuconycta diphteroides
Copyright © 2008 John Pearson

Lichen moth - Leuconycta diphteroides
Whiterock Conservancy, Guthrie County, Iowa, USA
May 24, 2008
Size: 1"
Attracted to light on sheet set up in small lawn in wooded valley.
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Contributed by John Pearson on 22 December, 2008 - 12:28pm
Last updated 28 January, 2009 - 10:42am

Leuconycta diptheroides
MJ Hatfield identified this as Leuconycta diptheroides.
… John Pearson, 22 December, 2008 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Poster
MJ Hatfield created this poster from her photo of the lichen moth on a lichen-covered tree branch:



The "Ledges Lichen Trail" is a new interpretive trail established in Ledges State Park (central Iowa) to teach identification of lichens. A slidehow of the lichens along that trail is available on the DNR webpage for Ledges State Park (scroll down to the second paragraph under "Trails").
… John Pearson, 28 January, 2009 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

 
Lichen trail poster permission
Does anyone know how I might contact MJ Hatfield for permission to use this poster image in an educational newsletter put out by University of Maryland Extension?
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