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Cabera erythemaria - Yellow-dusted Cream (?) - Gueneria similaria
Copyright © 2014 Tom

Cabera erythemaria - Yellow-dusted Cream (?) - Gueneria similaria
Bowie, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
May 28, 2014
Size: ~25mm
...if so, this would be the first data point for MD. Difficult to see the lines clearly, maybe due to the flash.
Contributed by Tom on 29 May, 2014 - 6:45pm
Last updated 21 January, 2017 - 5:09am

Moved
Moved from Ennominae.

Tentative ID.
… Steve Nanz, 21 January, 2017 - 5:09am

 
Thanks.
.
… Tom, 22 January, 2017 - 8:00pm

Moved
Moved from Yellow-dusted Cream.

Sorry for the move back. See Steve Nanz' comment. Looks like these are very difficult to separate in the East where both species can be seen.
… A. Hendrickson, 20 January, 2017 - 8:03am

Gueneria similaria?
That would have been my guess.
… Steve Nanz, 19 January, 2017 - 3:38pm

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.

Tom, I think I can see the lines okay and they match.
… A. Hendrickson, 19 December, 2015 - 11:32am

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Timothy Reichard, 28 July, 2014 - 2:22pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 26 June, 2014 - 11:30am

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