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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Plume Moths (Pterophoroidea) » Plume Moths (Pterophoridae) » Five-lobed Plume Moths (Pterophorinae) » Oidaematophorini » Hellinsia » Groundsel Plume Moth - Hodges#6210 (Hellinsia balanotes)
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Groundsel Plume Moth - Hodges #6210 - Hellinsia balanotes
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Groundsel Plume Moth - Hodges #6210 - Hellinsia balanotes
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
September 8, 2009
Size: 42.6mm ws
I've seen crane flies smaller than this plume

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Groundsel Plume Moth - Hodges #6210 - Hellinsia balanotes Groundsel Plume Moth - Hodges #6210 - Hellinsia balanotes Groundsel Plume Moth - Hodges #6210 - Hellinsia balanotes
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 9 September, 2009 - 7:40am
Last updated 3 May, 2010 - 7:10pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 9 September, 2009 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

maybe Hellinsia balanotes - #6210
Hellinsia balanotes - Groundsel Plume Moth - Hodges #6210
… Maury J. Heiman, 9 September, 2009 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
Remarks on the other posts are like mine ... initial disbelief at it's size. I couldn't wait to find out. Thanks, Maury.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 9 September, 2009 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

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