Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 700274

Observation date: August 21, 2011
Submitted by: pcastrovillo
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: In Malaise trap near Visitor Center of Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge. Sage steppe habitat. Elev approx 3000 ft. 10 other specimens of the same species in Malaise trap that evening. Specimen resides in the Deer Flat NWR Reference Collection housed at the Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History at The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.
Status: Resident
Verified by: kent
Verified date: June 16, 2012
Coordinator notes: messoria lacks forwewing markings this specimen has
Checklist region(s): United States, Idaho, Canyon County