4 April 2015 - The photo here is one of 9 specimens from the Yale Peabody Museum collection (see photo page). It experienced some hard times, with at least 3 areas of wing damage. A close look at the high resolution image shows lost scales and more general wear of the wing margins. This moth had been flying for a long time. More specimens like this would help us to make educated guesses about moth longevity (if, e.g., there were a progression of wear at a site over time) or dispersal (if, e.g., moths at certain locations were typically old, at the end of a migratory flight). --DLC
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