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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Metalmark Moths (Choreutoidea) » Metalmark Moths (Choreutidae) » Choreutinae » Tortyra » Slosson's Metalmark Moth - Hodges#2653 (Tortyra slossonia)
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2653 - Tortyra slossonia (Choreutidae) - Tortyra slossonia
Copyright © 2007 Bob Patterson

2653 - Tortyra slossonia (Choreutidae) - Tortyra slossonia
Anhinga Trail, Everglades N. P., Dade County, Florida, USA
March 14, 2007
Size: less than 10 mm length
Looks like it fluoresces under night lights.
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Contributed by Bob Patterson on 15 March, 2007 - 9:52am
Last updated 12 May, 2007 - 12:00pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 12 May, 2007 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

Nice find
I don't know what this is, but it's beautiful!
… Penny Crispin, 16 March, 2007 - 12:29am login or register to post comments

 
No question mark needed Bob.
No question mark needed Bob. This is one of my favorite irridescent moths of south Florida.
… Dennis Profant, 17 March, 2007 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Dennis
I took flash photos the next night and was able to show two of these moths to a class of students from Colorado who were spending spring break studying Everglades biology.
… Bob Patterson, 17 March, 2007 - 10:30pm login or register to post comments

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