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ID request, Moth 63. dorsal view - Operophtera bruceata - female
Copyright © 2013 Philip S Brody

ID request, Moth 63. dorsal view - Operophtera bruceata - Female
Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
December 21, 2013
Size: TL 7mm
I think this is a Bruce Spanworm flightless females. The extraordinary thing is that I found it exactly -or within several inches of where I found a male a few weeks ago - on a weakly illuminated window. http://bugguide.net/node/view/873949. If flightless, how did it get there, and why?

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ID request, Moth 63. dorsal view - Operophtera bruceata - female ID request, Moth 63.ventral view - Operophtera bruceata - female Bruce Spanworm, Male dorsal, ventral, Female, dorsal, ventral - Operophtera bruceata - male - female
Contributed by Philip S Brody on 22 December, 2013 - 12:21pm
Last updated 7 February, 2015 - 9:48am

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