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Eight-barred Lygropia Moth
Lygropia octonalis (Zeller, 1873)
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Pyraustinae
Identification: forewing white with four brownish-orange bars along costa; bars connect via fine wavy lines to small markings along inner margin; upper half of fringe dark-scaled, lower half pale-scaled; hindwing white; legs white with thick brown bands; top of head and body white, with orange markings on thorax and abdomen
Wing Span: about 1.6 cm
Life History:
Flight: June to September
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Habitat:
Range: southwestern United States from California to Texas
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Verified Sightings

Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 verified sightings
Observation date: Aug 28, 2011
Submitted by: DebW
Region: Curry County, New Mexico, United States
Verified by: kmortensen
Verified date: Sep 22, 2015
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Observation date: Jul 28, 2014
Submitted by: tjheindel
Region: Inyo County, California, United States
Verified by: Robert Martin
Verified date: Aug 18, 2014
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Observation date: Mar 29, 2014
Submitted by: Twitcherette
Region: San Diego County, California, United States
Verified by: Robert Martin
Verified date: Mar 30, 2014
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Observation date: May 14, 2013
Submitted by: Mic
Region: San Diego County, California, United States
Verified by: Josiah Gilbert
Verified date: Nov 06, 2013
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Observation date: Aug 14, 2008
Submitted by: Opihi Man
Region: Hidalgo County, Texas, United States
Verified by: kmortensen
Verified date: Apr 05, 2011
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