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Old 01-09-2007, 01:03 PM
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Re: Tiny butterfly - id please

Your moth looks more like - Pyrausta purpuralis - to me. It has more white markings on the forewings than - Pyrausta aurata -. Both are day and night flying moths and are flying during August.
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