Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 537643

Observation date: June 08, 2011
Submitted by: mainebred
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: 8 a.m. on cedar shingled garage near security light - about 1.25 in. long & wings folded very close to body - almost tubular in appearance - left when sun got hot
Status: Resident
Verified by: owlbyr
Verified date: September 22, 2022
Coordinator notes: This is in the genus Symmerista. We have three species in the east that can only be identified with certainty by genitalic dissection.
Checklist region(s): United States, Maine, Franklin County