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Clearwing - Albuna pyramidalis
Copyright © 2012 Jerry Friedman

Clearwing - Albuna pyramidalis
Cave Creek Trail near Horsethief Meadow, Santa Fe NF, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
June 27, 2012
Carmenta?

Mixed conifers at 9,000 or 10,000 feet. I think the flower is Solidago simplex.

If you take this trail, bring a stick, because there are more Purplish Coppers than you can shake a stick at. (One is cropped out of one of these pictures.)

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Contributed by Jerry Friedman on 28 June, 2012 - 1:54pm
Last updated 28 June, 2012 - 6:09pm

Moved
Moved from Sesioidea.
… john and jane balaban, 28 June, 2012 - 6:09pm

Moth ID
It is Albuna pyramidalis (fireweed borer).
… William H. Taft, 28 June, 2012 - 5:58pm

 
Thanks
for the ID of this pretty little moth, and thanks to the Balabans for the move (which I'd have been happy to do myself). The fireweed was just coming into bloom.

Possibly the yellow should be a bit brighter.
… Jerry Friedman, 28 June, 2012 - 7:47pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 28 June, 2012 - 4:05pm

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