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Moth found in Yucca flower
Copyright © 2013 William Geoghegan

Moth found in Yucca flower
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
June 8, 2013
Size: estimate 1 cm plus
Disturbed this moth which dropped out of a Yucca blossom onto a dead Yucca leaf.

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Moth found in Yucca flower Moth found in Yucca flower
Contributed by William Geoghegan on 8 June, 2013 - 12:32pm
Last updated 31 December, 2015 - 10:23pm

Moved
Moved from Yucca Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 31 December, 2015 - 10:23pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 December, 2013 - 1:01pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 23 June, 2013 - 6:55pm

Good bet it
is one of the Prodoxidae (Yucca Moths)!
… Steve Pelikan, 8 June, 2013 - 12:36pm

 
Yucca Moths
Yes, but which one. Just now reading about them.
… William Geoghegan, 8 June, 2013 - 1:39pm

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