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White-blotched Heterocampa - Heterocampa pulverea
Copyright © 2006 Cotinis

White-blotched Heterocampa - Heterocampa pulverea
Snowhill Road north of Cabin Branch Creek, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
August 1, 2006
Size: 52 mm wingspan
At a light. Wingspan estimated from measured wing chord of 24 mm, body about 4 mm wide--it was quite large.

Thanks for help--I was in the wrong family (Noctuidae).
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 August, 2006 - 10:48am
Last updated 22 March, 2022 - 11:07pm

7990 -- White-blotched Heterocampa -- Heterocampa umbrata
... and a pretty good match for Lynette Schimming's photo from southern North Carolina.

… Bob Patterson, 9 August, 2006 - 11:37am

Heterocampa?
This is what it reminds me of.
… Machele White, 9 August, 2006 - 11:05am

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