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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Window-winged Moths (Thyridoidea) » Window-winged Moths (Thyrididae) » Thyridinae » Thyris » Spotted Thyris - Hodges#6076 (Thyris maculata)
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Multicolored tiny fly? - Thyris maculata
Copyright © 2012 Tina

Multicolored tiny fly? - Thyris maculata
Moretown, Washington County, Vermont, USA
June 28, 2012
Size: approx. 1/4"
Very tiny insect, doesn't look like a moth or butterfly but has very colorful little wings. Sitting on a hosta plant.
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Contributed by Tina on 28 June, 2012 - 2:22pm
Last updated 19 October, 2012 - 1:22am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 28 June, 2012 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Spotted Thyris Moth
Thyris maculata
Images here.
… cwmelton, 28 June, 2012 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

 
SpottedThyris Moth
Thanks for your help!
… Tina , 1 July, 2012 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

It looks to me like a moth,
It looks to me like a moth, but at that size? Wow - hard to say.
… jross12, 28 June, 2012 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

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