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Large Lace-border - Hodges #7159 - Scopula limboundata
Copyright © 2012 Nancy Kent

Large Lace-border - Hodges #7159 - Scopula limboundata
Wildwood Park; Radford, Virginia, USA
August 12, 2012
Is this a Geometrid moth- perhaps a Four-spotted Angle?
I'd appreciate an ID, please.
Contributed by Nancy Kent on 13 August, 2012 - 7:31am
Last updated 24 December, 2018 - 9:13am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Nancy Kent, 13 August, 2012 - 12:01pm

Not 6360
Large Lace-border - Hodges #7159. In addition to the usual diagnostic markings, I look for 4 small specks below the ST, near the FW apex.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 13 August, 2012 - 9:59am

 
Thanks,
Robert, for that correction and explanation!
… Nancy Kent, 13 August, 2012 - 12:00pm

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