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Field Notes

Description:

Brown moth with orange and dark brown patterning. Speared labial palps (looks like a duck-bill). Possibly Platynota genus

Habitat:

On my mothing sheet/porch lights near overgrown back yard and mixed hardwood forest.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
flowntheloop
@ForestDragon, I was thinking the same thing! I have seen it once before, but I cannot remember the name for the life of me!
ForestDragon
I suspect this is a moth from Genus Platynota. http://bugguide.net/node/view/25807/bgpage

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PublishedJuly 31, 2017

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