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Photo#256385
moth - Platynota stultana - male

moth - Platynota stultana - Male
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
March 3, 2009
Size: about 10mm

3736 - Platynota stultana
According to Jerry Powell, to whom I sent the photo, this is an introduced species that is widespread in urban areas (of the West Coast states). This will be one of the species shown in a new book by Jerry Powell and Paul Opler on western moths to appear in May.

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