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Diaphania costata
Copyright © 2009 Cotinis

Diaphania costata
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
September 9, 2009
Size: 28 mm wingspan
At my porch light. A data point for North Carolina, and the wingspan measurement--done in a separate frame: wing chord 13 mm, body width about 2 mm, giving a wingspan of 28 mm.
(ID corrected 8/8/17, and image updated to a larger size.)

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Contributed by Cotinis on 10 September, 2009 - 7:58am
Last updated 8 August, 2017 - 7:12pm

Moved
Moved from Kimball's Palpita Moth.
… Steve Nanz, 8 August, 2017 - 5:48am

 
thanks, additional image
Additional image showing detail of head, in case that is of interest:

… Cotinis, 8 August, 2017 - 7:10pm

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