Goldenrod Borer Plume Moth
Hellinsia kellicottii (Fish, 1881)
Family: Pterophoridae
Subfamily: Pterophorinae
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Verified Sightings
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Observation date: Jun 19, 2024
Submitted by: Tdloyd
Region: Sumner County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jun 22, 2024
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Observation date: May 11, 2024
Submitted by: embozard@yahoo.com
Region: Newberry County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: May 13, 2024
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Observation date: Jun 19, 2023
Submitted by: Sometimes
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 02, 2023
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Observation date: Jul 24, 2022
Submitted by: WrenAgain
Region: Prince William County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 26, 2022
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Observation date: Apr 27, 2022
Submitted by: Jay Brasher
Region: Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: May 01, 2022
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Observation date: Jul 06, 2021
Submitted by: rapids
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Feb 12, 2022
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Observation date: Jun 04, 2021
Submitted by: catbarb19
Region: Wayne County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Nov 01, 2021
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Observation date: Jul 24, 2013
Submitted by: Jeff Brown
Region: Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Oct 24, 2021
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Observation date: Jun 14, 2021
Submitted by: alaimins
Region: DuPage County, Illinois, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 08, 2021
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Observation date: Jun 25, 2011
Submitted by: BarbSendelbach
Region: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jan 21, 2021
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Observation date: Jun 19, 2019
Submitted by: ChrissyL
Region: Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jan 06, 2021
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Observation date: May 27, 2019
Submitted by: ChrissyL
Region: Johnson County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jan 06, 2021
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Observation date: Aug 10, 2018
Submitted by: ChrissyL
Region: Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jan 04, 2021
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Observation date: Jun 09, 2019
Submitted by: Emergenurse
Region: Warren County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jan 01, 2021
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Observation date: Jun 21, 2020
Submitted by: dmccord
Region: Hamilton County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 23, 2020
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Observation date: Jun 16, 2020
Submitted by: dmccord
Region: Hamilton County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 20, 2020
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Observation date: Jun 10, 2018
Submitted by: w
Region: Carlton County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Feb 09, 2020
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Observation date: Jun 23, 2018
Submitted by: julmast
Region: Elkhart County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Sep 09, 2018
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Observation date: Apr 23, 2011
Submitted by: Jon Rapp
Region: Lincoln County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig
Verified date: Jan 27, 2016
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Observation date: Jun 08, 2013
Submitted by: Lutya
Region: Rensselaer County, New York, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Mar 05, 2014
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Observation date: May 10, 2012
Submitted by: adelzeller
Region: Benton County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: jamesdurbin
Verified date: Jan 20, 2014
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Observation date: Jul 14, 2013
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 15, 2013
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Observation date: Jun 07, 2013
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Rory Bower)
Region: Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jun 12, 2013
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Observation date: May 11, 2013
Submitted by: Ken Childs
Region: Chester County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: Ken Childs
Verified date: Jun 06, 2013
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