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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Leaf Skeletonizer Moths (Zygaenidae) » Procridinae » Harrisina » Western Grapeleaf Skeletonizer - Hodges#4623 (Harrisina metallica)

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Copyright © 2009 Kay-Marie Adkins

Colbalt Blue - don't know what. - Harrisina metallica

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
June 21, 2009

I've submitted this bug before but didn't have a good picture. It is so rare to find it that it's taken 2 years for me to capture this pictures. Size is compared to the thumb in the picture - it was laying eggs and those are also within the shot of the bug. It is on my grape leaves.
Thanks for the help.
Kay

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Contributed by Kay-Marie Adkins on 21 June, 2009 - 2:47pm
Last updated 3 January, 2011 - 2:29pm

Probably Harrisina americana - no, metallica

Harrisina metallica ~~americana~~, the Western grapeleaf skeletonizer moth, fits the bill.

I rescind my previous ID of Harrisina americana in favor of the Western species. But I still like this picture of H. american laying her eggs on a grape leaf, just like her Western cousin in your picture:

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… Abigail Parker, 21 June, 2009 - 3:07pm

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Wow - fast & good info.

Thanks all - that was quick, interesting in deduction and seems pretty accurate. The best thing for me was the quick feel of satisfaction with your answer.

Now to seek, how to keep it from stripping my grapes.

Thanks again,
Kay-Marie

… Kay-Marie Adkins, 21 June, 2009 - 6:26pm

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Looks to be

Harrisina metallica - Western Grapeleaf Skeletonizer, in the guide here

… john and jane balaban, 21 June, 2009 - 3:02pm

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good catch

J & J, I didn't even think to look there... but that does seem a better match based on the photos... and duh, I should have noted that the post says it's sitting on GRAPE LEAVES.

… Nina, 21 June, 2009 - 3:44pm

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appears to be a moth

to me, that looks like a moth;
maybe one of the Ctenucha, or another arctiid close by like in Tribe Euchromiini.

… Nina, 21 June, 2009 - 3:01pm

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