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Family Blastobasidae - Scavenger Moths


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Range map for Scavenger Moths
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Alabama 419152549111441 
Alberta       1    
Arizona 1312714223182  
Arkansas       121  
British Columbia   2 5821   
California 115111633169251012
Colorado    6101374   
Connecticut    1361    
Delaware      1     
Florida182342166851171065
Georgia 11139365311 
Illinois   1610278    
Indiana    881582   
Iowa     287    
Kansas      1     
Kentucky    4 222   
Louisiana 1392310524149341
Maine      22    
Manitoba     792    
Maryland   41097123   
Massachusetts  4 147889161   
Michigan      3     
Minnesota    14652   
Mississippi   1        
Missouri    122101   
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Montana      1     
Nebraska    11226174   
Nevada  1         
New Brunswick    1522    
New Hampshire    2262    
New Jersey    410931   
New Mexico   2 2424   
New York    3413419    
North Carolina3  815151794   
North Dakota     32     
Nova Scotia      21    
Ohio    371815    
Oklahoma2  5998651  
Ontario    1191394   
Oregon    111351   
Pennsylvania    15341511    
Quebec    15513071   
Rhode Island    52840361   
Saskatchewan     11     
South Carolina  2    31   
Tennessee  228893814322542 
Texas111329181561023231165
Utah    11421   
Vermont    311     
Virginia   21516773   
Washington    10494036   
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
West Virginia   2 61     
Wisconsin    6221986   

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