Wild Florida Photo - Seirarctia echo

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Seirarctia echo

ECHO MOTH

Florida native

 

The range of echo moths extends at least through parts of Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. The moths pictured here were in a scrubby coastal habitat along the Atlantic coast of Florida.
Larval food plants include coontie.

 
Seirarctia echo is a member of the Arctiidae - Tiger moths family.
 

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  Charles V. Covell, Jr.
An authoritative source for the identification of most species of eastern moths.

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Date record last modified:
Oct 07, 2009