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Carmenta anthracipennis
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Carmenta anthracipennis
Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA
August 9, 2012
Found on a sandy trail.
Contributed by metrioptera on 9 August, 2012 - 8:48pm
Last updated 10 August, 2012 - 7:54am

Moved
Moved from Clearwing Moths.
The location where this was found (Kennebunk Plains) is believed to be the largest population of Northern Blazing Star in the world.
… metrioptera, 10 August, 2012 - 7:54am

Moth ID
This is Carmenta anthracipennis. The food plant is blazing star.
… William H. Taft, 10 August, 2012 - 7:47am

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