Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1307728

Orange Holomelina
Virbia aurantiaca

Observation date: August 18, 2021
Submitted by: Dogoszhi
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Flushed out when walking through a clearing with low brush; flew off a short distance, then landed. Clearing is in montane mixed conifer forest. Sun had come out but day was otherwise often cloudy.
Status: Unknown
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: September 07, 2023
Coordinator notes: This doesn't look like Virbia ferruginosa or V. fragilis to me...please someone correct me if you think otherwise. I realize there isn't data for V. aurantiaca in NM.
Checklist region(s): United States, New Mexico, Bernalillo County