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White Moth - Protogygia album
Copyright © 2013 Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara

White Moth - Protogygia album
San Pedro River Valley, SE of San Manuel, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
April 4, 2013
Found at lights at night; I thought it was an Elegant Tussock Moth - Hodges#8237, but then I noticed the abdomen is all white. Any ideas? Thank you for your help.

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Contributed by Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara on 5 April, 2013 - 4:35pm
Last updated 27 December, 2023 - 8:27am

Moved
Moved from Owlet Moths.
… Bob Biagi, 27 December, 2023 - 8:27am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Kyhl Austin, 8 April, 2015 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

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You all may think me crazy, but because of the picture of the hind-wing, I found two species in the spread pages on MPG that look to be possibles to me. Hodges #11229.97 and Hodges 11220 Grotella vagans which is shown to be in AZ.
… A. Hendrickson, 21 January, 2015 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

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… John F. Carr, 16 April, 2013 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

i was in the
process of looking at all the white schinia and i think youre on the right track!
… Edna Woodward, 5 April, 2013 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

Perhaps
Schinia citrinellus?
… Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara, 5 April, 2013 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm pretty sure this is a Noctuinae, not Heliothinae
I would say something like Protogygia album or P. pallida, but I could be off.
… ERand, 11 April, 2013 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

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