Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1334338

White Flannel Moth
Norape cretata

Observation date: July 21, 2022
Submitted by: Amtaber
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: On a weed beside a path along a lake shore, quite stationary. Mating pair?
Status: Resident
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: August 13, 2022
Coordinator notes: Now <i>Norape cretata</i>(Grote, 1864), rev. status, is raised to full species from synonymy of [4650] <i>Norape ovina</i> (Sepp, [1855]) in Wagner et al. (2022). <i>Ovina</i> is now regarded as extralimital north of Mexico. References
Checklist region(s): United States, Ohio, Belmont County