A BIRCH-BARK MOTH. The American Catocolo moth has two sets of wings, differing vastly in marking. When the tear wings are folded under the forward wings and the moth seeks its usual restingplace, a birch tree, it can scarcely be distinguished from the bark.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIX, Issue 4, 22 January 1913, Page 35
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44A BIRCH-BARK MOTH. The American Catocolo moth has two sets of wings, differing vastly in marking. When the tear wings are folded under the forward wings and the moth seeks its usual restingplace, a birch tree, it can scarcely be distinguished from the bark. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIX, Issue 4, 22 January 1913, Page 35
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