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Pine Devil Moth

Citheronia sepulcralis

Photo by suzmonk
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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.

Reference Links:

Pine Devil Moth (Citheronia sepulcralis) - Information on Pine Devil Moth, Citheronia sepulcralis, Species Citheronia sepulcralis - Pine Devil Moth - Hodges#7708 - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Pine Devil Moth

Citheronia sepulcralis

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LivanEscudero
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Comments (2)
suzmonk
Thanks for the ID, Livan ... and I'll look into submitting it to bugguide.net.
LivanEscudero
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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PublishedAugust 7, 2014

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