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Pine Devil Moth

Citheronia sepulcralis

Photo by suzmonk
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A kind of silk moth with rusty brown-maroon wings with red veins. Indistinct dark spot on each side. First photo taken in shadow, colors are closer to true than the others, which were taken in strong sunlight. Wings about 2 inches across in these photos.

Species ID Suggestions

Pine Devil Moth

Citheronia sepulcralis

Comments (2)

Thanks for the ID, Livan ... and I'll look into submitting it to bugguide.net.
If able, it would be a good one to submit to bugguide.net They don't have any submissions for Mississippi of this month.

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