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Orange-Brown Moth - Virbia aurantiaca
Copyright © 2011 David W. Potter

Orange-Brown Moth - Virbia aurantiaca
Rural--Northern portion of Co. , Jim Wells County, Texas, USA
March 5, 2011
Size: <1" total length
This was outside and in trouble for some reason and died shortly after I picked it up and it folded its wings. The brown and orange banded abdomen is barely visible here.

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Orange-Brown Moth - Virbia aurantiaca Orange-Brown Moth - Virbia aurantiaca
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Contributed by David W. Potter on 24 May, 2011 - 4:50pm
Last updated 28 February, 2018 - 9:21pm

Moved
Moved from Virbia.
… Paul Dennehy, 28 February, 2018 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Maury J. Heiman, 24 May, 2011 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

Virbia sp
probably Virbia fragilis - Hodges #8125
Very nice!
but will have to check
… Maury J. Heiman, 24 May, 2011 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
Thanks for the response. I was able to navigate to a page with other specimens, and at least the folded-wing external view seems consistent. Again, thanks!
… David W. Potter, 27 May, 2011 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

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