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Photo by EricShellgren
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Field Notes

Description:

Green moth that looks like Chloropteryx tepperaria, Angle-winged Emerald. But they are not supposed to be around here that I know of.

Habitat:

urban, this one on a house wall.

Species ID Suggestions

Common Emerald

Hemithea aestivaria

Reference Link
bayucca
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Comments (1)
bayucca
Geometridae, Geometrinae, Hemitheini, Hemithea aestivaria, I would say. http://bugguide.net/node/view/306033/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/64255/bgimage http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7083 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Emerald
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PublishedJune 18, 2014

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