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Pyralid Moth

Heteromicta pachytera

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Field Notes

Description:

1.5cm brown moth. Holds wings close to body. Short antenna

Habitat:

This one is on the light itself and spent the night flipping about its surface

Notes:

Barely 60% certainty of the identification

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Heteromicta pachytera

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PublishedMarch 3, 2013

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