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  Sighting 999683

Red-Crossed Button Slug
Tortricidia pallida

Observation date: July 23, 2014
Submitted by: D. Dodd
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: First photo taken very close to mercury vapor lamp, affecting color; second photo taken with camera flash on sheet.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: August 08, 2014
Coordinator notes: I am using bugguide.net's remarks "Adults with more faintly patterned wings..., are considered here to be the Red-crossed Button Slug" to distinguish Tortricidia pallida - Red-crossed Button Slug from Tortricidia flexuosa - Abbreviated Button Slug. This sighting fits with T. pallida. SAT
Checklist region(s): United States, Alabama, Marshall County