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unknown moth - Hecatera dysodea
Copyright © 2005 Nicky Davis

unknown moth - Hecatera dysodea
Utah, USA
July 19, 2005
Size: 1 1/2 inches long
Taken at Draper, Utah

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unknown moth - Hecatera dysodea unknown moth - Hecatera dysodea
Contributed by Nicky Davis on 28 July, 2005 - 11:14pm
Last updated 8 March, 2015 - 12:01pm

Moved
Moved from Owlet Moths.

Species page not created until Aug. 8, 2009. Now it doesn't look so unusual, but when you found it it WAS!.
… A. Hendrickson, 8 March, 2015 - 12:01pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Mike Boone, 9 January, 2008 - 9:49pm

bald spot
Don't be confused in your search for an ID by the bald spot. If you find an image that looks like yours but without that spot, you have probably found it! There are apparently several different ways for the spot to occur. Another image with bald spots is for example.
… john and jane balaban, 28 July, 2005 - 11:23pm

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