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Photo#701621
moth from caterpillar on bullhead lilypad - Homophoberia cristata

moth from caterpillar on bullhead lilypad - Homophoberia cristata
section 19, Prairieville township, Barry County, Michigan, USA
December 31, 1969
Size: .75" snout to wing end
On 9/1/12 I found this moth had emerged from the pupa of the lilypad caterpillar.

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caterpillar on bullhad lilypad - Homophoberia cristata moth from caterpillar on bullhead lilypad - Homophoberia cristata

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701621, 1254248, lilypad caterpillar/moth IDed
From the new Peterson moth ID book by Beadle, I've learned that this is in the Groundling group - a 'water-lily moth',homophoberia cristata, uncommon. Very common on our pond in southwest Michigan, however.

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