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Prolita dialis - Hodges#1885 (Prolita dialis)
Photo#314058
Copyright © 2009
cwhit1
Moth with a black line -
Prolita dialis
Caprock Canyons State Park, Briscoe County, Texas, USA
May 23, 2009
Seen on outside of bathroom in morning. Probably attracted by lights overnight.
Contributed by
cwhit1
on 2 August, 2009 - 5:15pm
Last updated 22 August, 2009 - 11:35am
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Charley Eiseman
, 22 August, 2009 - 11:35am
1885 - Prolita [=Lita] dialis
Identified by Ed Knudson, to whom I sent the photograph. Ed says "like many other moths it is pink tinted presumably to match the rocks in the canyon."
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Bob Patterson
, 3 August, 2009 - 4:44am