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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Baptini » Lomographa » White Spring Moth - Hodges#6667 (Lomographa vestaliata)
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Very small plain white butterfly - Lomographa vestaliata
Copyright © 2014 JIM

Very small plain white butterfly - Lomographa vestaliata
Magog, Eastern Townships County, Quebec, Canada
June 4, 2014
Size: <0.5"
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Contributed by JIM on 12 August, 2014 - 2:08pm
Last updated 2 February, 2016 - 2:16pm

Moved
Moved from Geometrid Moths.

Pretty classic .
… A. Hendrickson, 2 February, 2016 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 6 April, 2015 - 1:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 31 August, 2014 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

May be a moth...
There are several species of moths that hold their wings like this & resemble a butterfly. It might be one of theses species. This looks like Lomographa vestaliata (the White Spring Moth) and this IS a day flying moth. Here is a link.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/4991
However, I would like someone with more experience to verify this.....
… K Brumback, 12 August, 2014 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Small White Moth
To my untrained eye, it certainly looks like you've correctly identified my specimen. Here's another link: http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6667
… JIM, 13 August, 2014 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

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