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Everlasting Tebenna Moth (Tebenna gnaphaliella)
Nectaring on Leucanthemum sp. in Northwest Georgia (Floyd County), US. March 28, 2018. At a wetland/marsh edge.
The common name of this moth is actually borrowed from the common name of its host plant, Everlasting (Gnaphalium sp.).
''Tebenna gnaphaliella'', the everlasting tebenna moth, is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is found from Florida to California and north at least to New Hampshire.
The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are brown basally and in the terminal area. The median and subterminal areas have dense light gray speckling and three irregular white spots arranged in a triangle, each white spot is surrounded by black shading. The legs and antennae are banded black and white. It is extremely.. more
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Uploaded Jul 21, 2018. Captured Mar 28, 2018 16:05 in 41 North Dr, Armuchee, GA 30105, USA.
