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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Bird Dropping Moths (Acontiinae) » Acontiini » Ponometia » The Half-Yellow - Hodges#9085 (Ponometia semiflava)
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Day-flying moth sp. - Ponometia semiflava
Copyright © 2014 Mark Veater

Day-flying moth sp. - Ponometia semiflava
Osceola County, Florida, USA
August 2, 2009
Size: approx. 15mm (from memory
Taken early morning in a grassy area near citrus groves, just off a busy highway. I thought this might be a Tortrix of some kind but I can't find a match for it.
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Contributed by Mark Veater on 20 September, 2014 - 1:46pm
Last updated 12 January, 2015 - 2:36pm

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… Marcia Morris, 12 January, 2015 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

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… A. Hendrickson, 14 October, 2014 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

That looks pretty similar. I'
That looks pretty similar. I've cropped the image as you said, but it's not very good quality.
… Mark Veater, 20 September, 2014 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

Ponometia?

Can you crop your image to a rectangle that is essentially 'just the bug'? You as contributor can click on your image and see the full size 2000 pixel image you posted. The rest of us are restricted to a 560 pixel reduction, so all we see is a tiny black/yellow dot in the center of a sea of green
… john and jane balaban, 20 September, 2014 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

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