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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 » Xanthorhoini » Epirrhoe » Epirrhoe plebeculata - Hodges#7395 (Epirrhoe plebeculata)
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Epirrhoe plebeculata
Copyright © 2011 Botany

Epirrhoe plebeculata
Vernon, British Columbia, Canada
April 20, 2011
Hanging out in the cheatgrass, photo taken near noon in a grassland.
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Contributed by Botany on 14 December, 2011 - 11:50am
Last updated 9 January, 2018 - 11:29am

Moved
Moved from Larentiinae.
… Bob Biagi, 8 January, 2018 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

Suggest Epirrhoe plebeculata
Appears to have a yellow underwing. The amount of gray in the underwing is quite variable in E. plebeculata quite variable, but the above photo looks similar to this one:
… Libby & Rick Avis, 28 December, 2015 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Jason D. Roberts, 15 December, 2011 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

Compare it to Epirrhoe alternata
- White-Banded Carpet Moth 7394. It would be helpful to see the body markings a little better. Also check it with other carpets such as Euphyia intermediata. Good luck.
… Dick Wilson, 15 December, 2011 - 8:40am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I wish I had taken more photos of it, but this is the only one of this individual that turned out.
… Botany, 15 December, 2011 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 14 December, 2011 - 12:49pm login or register to post comments

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