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Gold-spotted Ghost Moth - Hodges#0022 (Sthenopis pretiosus)
Photo#25761
Copyright © 2005
Jo Ann Poe-McGavin
Moth- what kind? -
Sthenopis pretiosus
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 26, 2002
Size: 1 inch long+
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Contributed by
Jo Ann Poe-McGavin
on 26 July, 2005 - 7:42pm
Last updated 17 August, 2009 - 1:00pm
Hepialidae
Looks like one of the Ghost Moths, Sthenopis auratus maybe???
Hodges# 22
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Dennis Profant
, 26 July, 2005 - 9:26pm
well, it sure looks similar t
well, it sure looks similar to that-from the poor photos on the internet that I looked up-it sort of looks like the one I found here:
www.eeb.uconn.edu/ faculty/Wagner/Wagner.htm but not really. It's not in my Moth book.
thanks
Jo
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Jo Ann Poe-McGavin
, 27 July, 2005 - 1:02am
Gold-spotted Ghost Moth
I agree with Dennis on
Sthenopis auratus
. With that pattern of gold spots on the forewing, I think there's nothing else it could be. Image moved to new
Guide page
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Robin McLeod
, 16 October, 2005 - 8:07pm