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cream coloured moth with blue-grey bands and yellow centre on thorax area - Halysidota
Copyright © 2013 Scotiaspinner

cream coloured moth with blue-grey bands and yellow centre on thorax area - Halysidota
Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
July 10, 2013
Size: just over an inch
There were 3 of these in a group, all the same in appearance. First time I've seen them even though I check the porch light area for moths each evening.
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Contributed by Scotiaspinner on 10 July, 2013 - 9:29pm
Last updated 28 August, 2014 - 8:32am

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… Jack Foreman, 28 August, 2014 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

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… John F. Carr, 15 July, 2013 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

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Check out Halysidota, perhaps H. tessellaris/harrisii.
… Timothy Reichard, 10 July, 2013 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Definitely one of those two - shame that it can't be positively IDd without dissection. Glad to know the genus level though. Thanks!
… Scotiaspinner, 11 July, 2013 - 6:56am login or register to post comments

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