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Hieroglyphic Moth - Diphthera festiva - female
Copyright © 2004 Alan Chin Lee

Hieroglyphic Moth - Diphthera festiva - Female
Gainesville, Florida, USA
October 18, 2004
This colorful creature occurs throughout Florida, Texas, and down into the Caribbean to South America. See http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/potato/hieroglyphic_moth.htm, http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/usa/1578.htm, and http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=0014127 for more info.
Contributed by Alan Chin Lee on 19 October, 2004 - 7:01pm
Last updated 19 October, 2004 - 9:56pm

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