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Unidentified at suppressed - 20 Oct 2024
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Philobota xiphostola 21 Oct 2024 donhe
Unidentified 20 Oct 2024 LisaH

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Wing spot looks the same as previous sighting, but head is white and eyes red? Are these male and female of same species, or different species?

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donhe wrote:
   21 Oct 2024
appears to have a dark costal line
ibaird wrote:
   21 Oct 2024
This moth;shead is quitedifferent to P. xiphistola: no yellow, no dark 'collar'. There is a black spot on the forewing.
donhe wrote:
   Yesterday
Prionocris sp.? Some have varieties with a single dark spot in the forewing.
ibaird wrote:
   Yesterday
Acanthodela protophaes, but head and palps not in shade this time?

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