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Idaea - Hodges #7119 - - Idaea micropterata
Copyright © 2013 Peter Homann

Idaea - Hodges #7119 - - Idaea micropterata
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
May 11, 2013
Size: wing span ~18mm
At outdoor light. I am quite sure that this is an Idaea, and I wonder whether an expert agrees with the match I picked ...
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Contributed by Peter Homann on 12 May, 2013 - 11:50am
Last updated 9 May, 2014 - 3:48pm

Idaea micropterata
Moved from Moths.

appears to be Idaea micropterata, but I sent it out for another opinion.
Thanks!
… Maury J. Heiman, 12 May, 2013 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes -
that's the one I had picked, but it seemed too good to be true - with only one image in MPG and none in BugGuide. But the range was ok.
Thank you, Maury, for getting that second (or may I say, "third") opinion?
… Peter Homann, 12 May, 2013 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

 
or fourth or..... :)
Received a note from Bob Patterson.
Many thanks to Charlie Covell for confirming the id, and the tireless efforts of Bob!
Nice moth!
Thank you
… Maury J. Heiman, 12 May, 2013 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

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