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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Acentropinae » Argyractini » Petrophila » Two-banded Petrophila - Hodges#4774 (Petrophila bifascialis)
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Two-banded Petrophila - Petrophila bifascialis
Copyright © 2010 Audrey R Hoff

Two-banded Petrophila - Petrophila bifascialis
Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
June 4, 2010
This photo, taken later, doesn't show the forewing bands very well, but shows the hingwing markings.

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Two-banded Petrophila - Petrophila bifascialis Two-banded Petrophila - Petrophila bifascialis
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Contributed by Audrey R Hoff on 5 June, 2010 - 9:17pm
Last updated 15 June, 2013 - 11:33am

"Taken later"?
Based on some fine details of the wing pattern, I'm pretty sure the 2nd image shows a different individual than the 1st image. Was this 2nd image taken on the same night? or does "later" refer to days later? (Both are confidently identified as Two-banded Petrophila.)
… Chuck Sexton, 22 August, 2019 - 12:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Pic "taken later"
Pic "taken later" is later in that same night, probably 30 minutes or so. This was the only night that I was at this location, and I probably assumed that it was the same moth, since I had never seen it before (early days in my moth-mania). Thanks for confirming the ID.
… Audrey R Hoff, 23 August, 2019 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

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