Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1114575

Common Oak Moth
Phoberia atomaris

Observation date: April 16, 2017
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Humid and mostly cloudy, rain last night, about 67 degrees. The moth landed amid a large patch of moss in a grassy area at the edge of the older section of Bowen Cemetery, high on a wooded ridge above a lake. Nearby were violets, white clover, cinquefoil, henbit deadnettle, cedar, oak beech, maple.
Status: Resident
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: April 17, 2017
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, West Virginia, Wayne County