Observation date: May 21, 2019
Submitted by: MJK32
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Found sitting on the side of our house late at night in mid-70 degree weather. The moth stayed still for most of the time, unless we got too close with the camera.
Status: Resident
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: December 11, 2020
Coordinator notes: This is a species in the genus Xanthotype. According to Rindge 1978, the adults of all species included in this genus are, for practical purposes, externally indistinguishable from one another, as they are almost identical in color, maculation, and size. It therefore follows that these species cannot be reliably separated from photographs.
