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Small engrailed

Ectropis crepusculariua

Photo by KarenL
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Field Notes

Description:

Tiny geometer moths - around 6 mm wingspan

Habitat:

Semi rural

Notes:

A number of this species were hanging out around our porch light.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
KarenL
Come on Jacob, there are only 10,000 moths in the US - surely you know them all by now!
Jacob Gorneau
Okay. Thanks, helps a lot! Looking again! Under brown moths...
KarenL
Difficult to say as I only saw it under artificial light. My guess would be brown though.
Jacob Gorneau
I can't find anything there, though. The species must be sexually dimorphic, though, as the female has a line along the bottom of the forewing and extending to the hindwing, though it is not seen in (what we think is) the male specimen.
Jacob Gorneau
The lack of gray markings want me to say something in the genus Glena; http://bugguide.net/node/view/11929/bgpage.

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PublishedJuly 14, 2012

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