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Noctuidae: Xylena curvimacula - Xylena curvimacula
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Noctuidae: Xylena curvimacula - Xylena curvimacula
Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
June 2, 2013
Size: Length ~ 2 cm
An unusually late sighting for the Dot-n-Dash Swordgrass Moth (9874) for our area! This adds the moth of June to North Dakota.

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Noctuidae: Xylena curvimacula - Xylena curvimacula Noctuidae: Xylena curvimacula - Xylena curvimacula
Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 2 June, 2013 - 10:04am

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