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rntx22 Fox Island, WA(Zone 8b) Dec 23, 2008

Saw this one last month on the window in southeast Houston

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Dec 23, 2008

It's called a Bent-line Dart, Choephora fungorum

edited spelling

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Dec 23, 2008

This site says the larvae eat dandelions, so that's good news, at least to me!

http://www.marylandmoths.com/Html/Noctuidae/Noctuinae/Noctuini/Choephora_fungorum.html

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rntx22 Fox Island, WA(Zone 8b) Dec 23, 2008

Cool! Yes, good in my book too!

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rntx22 Fox Island, WA(Zone 8b) Dec 23, 2008

I could not find it in bug files. Am I just searching wrong, or has it not been added yet? I don't want to add it if its already there and I just dont know how to search properly :)

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Dec 23, 2008

It's not in there - you should add it but I misspelled it above, I'll edit that now. Order Lepidoptera, family Noctuidae

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rntx22 Fox Island, WA(Zone 8b) Dec 23, 2008

I shall! Thanks!

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