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Oak Beauty Moth
Phaeoura quernaria
33.6247, -81.9655
Field Notes
Description:
Variable colored moth. Adult has wings that are powdery light to dark olive brown, with variable white patch at forewing apex, and white edging along black AM and PM lines, at least to costa; female with much broader white areas; blackish melanics common.
Habitat:
Deciduous forests; adults are nocturnal and come to light. This one was photographed at a porch light in Edgefield County, SC.
Notes:
Adults fly Feb-Oct in the south; shortened season in the north. Larvae feed on leaves of a variety of deciduous trees: basswood, birch, cherry, elm, hawthorn, oak, poplar, willow. Hodges#6763.
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 18, 2013
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