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Owlet moth

Noctuinae

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Field Notes

Description:

25 mm - green - brownish moth

Habitat:

Attracted by lights inside home.

Notes:

The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera.

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Noctuinae

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