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Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

all black, orange band behind head

Habitat:

temperate forest

Notes:

I spotted this at Baden Powell Park. I think it might be a Virginia Ctenuchid moth but I'm not sure.

Species ID Suggestions

Yellow-collared Scape Moth

Cisseps fulvicollis

Reference Link
Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (7)
Jacob Gorneau
Very nice spotting! Grapeleaf Skeletonizer almost never keeps its wings closed.
CaseyRobinson
I am not 100% sure, but this looks quite similar to the Grapeleaf Skeletonizer that i spotted earlier this summer, http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6935438
Latimeria
I'm still trying to figure these guys out Dan, it's almost maddening! I'll check some of my books again and see if I can get some insights to ID this one.
JudyCrawford
Actually mine was a Red Shouldered Ctenucha as seen here: http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Ctenucha-rubroscapus I think this one would be one of the other two mentioned on my spotting.
AmberLundeen
Good to know - I'm learning all kinds of things tonight. :)
Dan Doucette
I thought so too but I'm not sure. Latimeria shed some light on this for me about a week ago on a similar spotting. You can read the thread below. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7087319
AmberLundeen
Ctenucha virginica? - Cisseps fulvicollis http://bugguide.net/node/view/461304

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PublishedAugust 27, 2011

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