A Moth Question (reprise)?

Question

Alright, folks - I captured one of the little buggers, and chilled him down enough to get some photos. What do you make of this?

Answer 1

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Very rare Moth

A great picture deserves a great answer.

Euonymus Leaf Notcher moth

The answer is always to kill. The question is when and how?

Source(s): http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1743/#... http://extension.umd.edu/hgic/invasives/euonymus-l...

Answer 2

It's a clearwing moth. The group includes Hummingbird moths and the Squash vine borer. Not sure exactly what species yours is, but that is where you can start your research.

Answer 3

The genus is Cosmosoma and there's a huge batch of species:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmosoma