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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Apoda » Inverted Y Slug Moth - Hodges#4667 (Apoda y-inversum)
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Inverted Y Slug Moth? - Apoda y-inversum
Copyright © 2013 Bob Webster

Inverted Y Slug Moth? - Apoda y-inversum
Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
August 9, 2013
Size: around 13 mm
It looks similar to Tortricidia flexuosa (4654), but might match this one (Apoda y-inversum, 4667) better:
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Contributed by Bob Webster on 10 August, 2013 - 11:16am
Last updated 10 August, 2013 - 12:27pm

Moved
Moved from Apoda.

Thanks!
… Bob Webster, 10 August, 2013 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

Apoda y-inversum, 4667
Bob,

I would go with y-inversum based on the comments from Mark & others. His specinan was eventually identified by the Bol folks at Gurlph U. using DNA.

JF
… John Fisher, 10 August, 2013 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

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