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Photo#77158
Pandora Moth - Coloradia pandora - male

Pandora Moth - Coloradia pandora - Male
Major Creek, 300 ft, Klickitat County, Washington, USA
September 4, 2006
Size: 70 mm estimated wingspan
Attracted to lights. MONA 7724.

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Pandora Moth - Coloradia pandora - male Pandora Moth - Coloradia pandora - male Pandora Moth - Coloradia pandora - male

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Pandora Moth
All 3 images moved from Hemileucini to new species page.

There's no need to put the scientific name in the title, as it gets automatically appended when an image is posted or moved to a species page - and having it appear twice is redundant and silly-looking.

 
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If there is no species page, I usually put both the scientific and common name (if there is one) and then correct it after a species page is made.

 
It's also true that
...if the scientific name only is put in the title, it merely becomes italicized - not repeated - when the image is moved or posted to a species page

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