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Feather-edged Petrophila - Hodges#4777 (Petrophila fulicalis)
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Copyright © 2012
Bob Webster
White and brown moth with metallic spots on its hind wing -
Petrophila fulicalis
Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
September 1, 2012
Size: 4.5 mm body length
It was attracted to my porch light.
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Contributed by
Bob Webster
on 3 September, 2012 - 1:22am
Last updated 21 September, 2020 - 12:06pm
Moved
Moved from
Heppner's Petrophila
. This is definitely Feather-edged. Heppner's is an endemic species of the southern Texas Hill Country. See my recent
journal post on iNaturalist
for a discussion of these two species. I also have a manuscript in review which addresses the identification of this group of species. Great images, by the way!
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Chuck Sexton
, 21 September, 2020 - 12:06pm
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Moved
Moved from
Feather-edged Petrophila
, based on distribution range.
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Bob Webster
, 2 March, 2020 - 12:33pm
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