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orbicular and reniform more or less pale-edged, outlined with darker, reniform partly marked with dark grey. Hindwings ochreous-orange; a blackish terminal band. Larva pale green to dull brown; dorsal line pale; subdorsal series of blackish longitudinal marks on 5-12; a pale line beneath these; subspiracular pale; head light brown, dark-marked. See
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792:Southeast District Update
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479:Description in Meyrick
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1227:Categories
770:References
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611:– hawkweed
551:– marigold
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416:Washington
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106:Noctuoidea
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881:Lepiforum
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643:– grasses
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608:Hieracium
601:Gladiolus
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430:(2005).
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627:– tomato
586:Fragaria
578:Dianthus
573:– carrot
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450:such as
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422:(2001),
418:(2000),
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408:Colorado
392:Maryland
388:New York
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179:Synonyms
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654:Rhubarb
648:Primula
640:Poaceae
616:Lactuca
594:Freesia
458:ragwort
448:flowers
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563:Dahlia
536:– beet
526:Allium
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428:Alaska
344:Russia
324:Turkey
308:Europe
287:, the
258:, 1923
256:Turati
243:, 1912
228:, 1861
222:hoegei
213:, 1825
200:Hübner
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