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Delta winged moth - Mocis disseverans
Copyright © 2010 Tim Lethbridge

Delta winged moth - Mocis disseverans
Lake Placid, Highlands County, Florida, USA
November 22, 2009
Size: body 10mm roughly
Located during daylight in mixed pine and scrub oak habitat.
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Contributed by Tim Lethbridge on 31 March, 2010 - 10:21pm
Last updated 20 March, 2016 - 7:42am

Moved
Moved from Mocis.
… Paul Dennehy, 20 March, 2016 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Graham Montgomery, 15 June, 2011 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

8743 - Mocis latipes (suspected)
I'll try to get an opinion on this very lightly colored moth. Anything is possible in Florida including undescribed or recent arrival.
… Bob Patterson, 4 April, 2010 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

look in Mocis
Mocis
… Maury J. Heiman, 1 April, 2010 - 1:20am login or register to post comments

 
Looks good to me.
If Bob P. does not weigh in on it in a day or two, I will move it the genus. Looking at the species photos, I have no idea which feature(s) distinguish them.
… Tim Lethbridge, 1 April, 2010 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

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