Fellow Moth-ers, I have been going through some of this year's photos and I found the attached photo that I took on April 5. After studying the emerlds page on MPG it appears to me tht this is Chlorochlamys appellaria, 7073. Bug Guide indicates that there are records of the moth from Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah. I have found that many of the Oklahoma moths have also been seen here, but I never assume that the link usually exists. As always I am very cautious when my identification departs from range information that other sources provide. I had reported nother tentative ID recently for a moth that is in Arizona (don't have tht emil handy -- am using laptop, not desktop where that email resides) and Steve Hall told me it was a Porcelain Gray. Any thoughts on this one? I have also had these moths recently: Lesser Grapevine Looper, 7196 (and possibly Greater as well) Bilobed Looper, 8907 Groundsel Plume Moth, 6210 Mimosa Webworm Moth, 2353 (neighbor has the very invasive Mimosa tree, will point moth to it!) Common Lytrosis, 6720 Red-washed Caterpillar Moth, 8010 Olive Angle Shades, 9546 Ochre Dagger Moth,9546 Plebeian Sphinx, 7793 (caught in flight and ID was a challenge) Mournful Sphinx, 7851 Harry Wilson Zebulon, NC
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