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Pericopid moth

Gnophaela latipennis

Photo by EarlByron
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This one is a bit tattered. In a field of wildflowers near Gold Lake, CA.

Habitat:

Sierra Nevada mountains, northern California, just north of Lake Tahoe area. 6500 ft. elevation. Flying daytimes to flowers.

Notes:

Also submitted to Facebook Entomology and National Moth Week sites.

Species ID Suggestions

Pericopid moth

Gnophaela latipennis

Comments (1)

Welcome to Project Noah, EarlByron Beautiful capture,congrats and thanks for sharing I hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: I invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. There are also the chats for help with identification, and to comment on your own and others’ spottings. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself here, see you around!
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PublishedJuly 24, 2013

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