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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 » Asthenini » Venusia
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Moth - Venusia
Copyright © 2012 R. Berg

Moth - Venusia
Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, California, USA
April 19, 2012
Size: 2.4 cm ws as posed
Found in upstairs corridor at Yosemite Lodge (elev. ~4000 ft., 1220 m), where it had marooned itself indoors near a light. Relocated to a tree trunk after 24 hours and photographed.
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Contributed by R. Berg on 23 April, 2012 - 12:19pm
Last updated 22 December, 2012 - 11:19pm

Species?
Among the images at the link on the guide page, this looks most like V. obsoleta.
… R. Berg, 22 December, 2012 - 11:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Venusia are tough in the west
Venusia are tough in the west and I am unfamiliar with them there so I am reluctant to put a specific name on them.
… Jason J. Dombroskie, 23 December, 2012 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Okay
Thanks for the genus!
… R. Berg, 23 December, 2012 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.
… Jason J. Dombroskie, 22 December, 2012 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

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