Alucita montana

A Six Plume Moth sitting on my weather monitor.

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Ernst

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Nice artistic image. Posted 5 years ago
1. gary fast
  
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  Thank you very much! Happy New Year! Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
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    Happy new year, both! Posted 5 years ago

Christine Young

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Pretty shot and it really highlights the wing details! Happy new year, Gary! Posted 5 years ago
1. gary fast
  
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  Christine, many thanks and a Happy New Year to you and yours! Posted 5 years ago

The Montana six-plume moth

''Alucita montana'', the Montana six-plume moth, is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It was described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in North America from south-western Quebec and Vermont, west to British Columbia and south to Arizona, California and Texas.

The wingspan is 11–16 mm. The forewings are crossed by a wide median band, margined narrowly with white, which forks on the first two lobes. There is another band nearer the base on the first lobe.. more

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by gary fast

By gary fast

Uploaded Jan 1, 2020. Captured Dec 31, 2019 17:35 in 315 Whaletown Rd, Whaletown, BC V0P 1Z0, Canada.

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Captured in the winter. More winter photos.