A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/30/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/5/2014). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/22/2013).
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Mike Burchett
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A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/18/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/5/2021).
Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/10/2023). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (7/30/2020). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/20/2020). Verifed by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/4/2016).
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/10/2002).
Photo by
Mark Etheridge
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A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth mating pair in Howard Co., Maryland (8/9/2017).
Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/10/2023). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/1/2024). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/1/2024). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (6/1/2017).
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A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/30/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Mark Etheridge.
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/5/2014). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Mark Etheridge.
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/22/2013).
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Mike Burchett.
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/18/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Mark Etheridge.
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Cecil Co., Maryland (8/5/2021).
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Dave Webb.
Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/10/2023). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Jim Brighton.
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (7/30/2020). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Dave Webb.
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/20/2020). Verifed by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Dave Webb.
Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/4/2016).
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Anthony VanSchoor.
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/10/2002).
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Mark Etheridge.
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth mating pair in Howard Co., Maryland (8/9/2017).
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Linda Hunt.
Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/10/2023). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
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Hugh McGuinness.
Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/1/2024). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
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Hugh McGuinness.
Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/1/2024). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
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Hugh McGuinness.
A Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (6/1/2017).
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Mark Etheridge.
Source: Wikipedia
| Antaeotricha leucillana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Antaeotricha |
| Species: | A. leucillana
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| Binomial name | |
| Antaeotricha leucillana (Zeller, 1854)
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Antaeotricha leucillana, the pale gray bird-dropping moth, is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1854. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Texas, Oregon, Louisiana, Manitoba and Nova Scotia.[1][2]
The wingspan is 15–23 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to August in Ohio.[3]
The larvae feed on the leaves of Pyracantha crenulata, Malus, Vaccinium corymbosum and Acer.
References
[edit]- ^ "Antaeotricha Zeller, 1854" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Bug Guide