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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Larentiinae » Hydriomenini » Eulithis » Eulithis xylina - Hodges#7207 (Eulithis xylina)
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2055 Ecliptopera silaceata - Small Phoenix Moth 7213 - Eulithis xylina
Copyright © 2010 Dick Wilson

2055 Ecliptopera silaceata - Small Phoenix Moth 7213 - Eulithis xylina
Bay Center 98527 Willapa, Pacific County, Washington, USA
July 19, 2009
Size: wingspan ~36mm
DSCF7395.JPG
wingspan ~36mm
RWWA-0784 BOLD DNA A species level match has been made.
Locality: Coastal SW Washington State at the edge of Willapa Bay geo:lat=46 37.273 ge=-123 56.8140:lon
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Contributed by Dick Wilson on 3 October, 2010 - 6:42pm
Last updated 15 March, 2023 - 1:37pm

Moved
Moved from Small Phoenix.
… Bob Biagi, 15 March, 2023 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

Looks like...
If you check out the BOLD bin for your moth, most of the specimens in that bin are identified as Eulithis xylina. The shape of the PM line (above) doesn't look right for Ecliptopera silaceata.
Specimen ID: RWWA-0784
Bin #: BOLD:AAA2493
You have some others that are DNA tested already:
… Bob Biagi, 22 May, 2022 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

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