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Black-crescent Proteoteras - Hodges#3233 (Proteoteras crescentana)
Photo#50920
Copyright © 2006
Ethan Friedman
Another little guy -
Proteoteras crescentana
near Dover Plains, Dutchess County, New York, USA
June 10, 2005
Size: 16mm wingspan
With my new Canon Digital Rebel XT and macro lens, I can finally start to get shots of these guys!
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Contributed by
Ethan Friedman
on 6 May, 2006 - 3:08pm
Last updated 3 July, 2006 - 12:27am
Proteoteras crescentana
Heavy black crescent on right wing continues to apex, and would do the same on left wing if there wasn't a patch of scales missing near the tip; also has gray shading in basal area, and yellowish wash along inner margin, as shown in Jim Vargo's specimen at
MPG
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I've made a Guide page
here
with info on similar species.
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Robin McLeod
, 2 July, 2006 - 11:24pm
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Unfortunately, Bob Patterson
says probably unidentifiable. Moving to Frass
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john and jane balaban
, 11 June, 2006 - 6:44pm
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Possibly 3235 - Gray-flanked Proteoteras Moth - P. mofattiana
....but can't rule out the possibility of it being some other species
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Bob Patterson
, 7 May, 2006 - 3:07pm
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