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Alucitidae: Alucita montana? - Alucita
Copyright © 2012 Carl Barrentine

Alucitidae: Alucita montana? - Alucita
Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
November 15, 2012
Size: Wingspread ~ 1 cm
This specimen, which was found alive in the women's restroom on the third floor of the new Education Building on the campus of the University of North Dakota, may be an example of the Six-plume Moth (2313). (This species overwinters as an adult in North Dakota.)
Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 15 November, 2012 - 3:56pm

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