D. pexippus

The Titian Peale Butterfly and Moth Collection

Urania sloanus

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Box: 3 Cork: 8

Arctiidae  Spilosoma virginica (Fabricius) [det. J.D. Weintraub]

From:  USA  Pennsylvania  Original Locality Data: Pennsylvania: vic. Philadelphia, 1833 [leg. T.R. Peale]
Peale's Identification: Arctia (spilosema) virginicus F. [F]
Measurements: FWL = 21.5 mm Comments: [1833]

Specimen 8 in Peale Box 3,
Box 3 data: "Pennsylvania Nocturni; 3; Saturnia Prom.ohelia [sic promethea] & c." Collected in the vicinity of Philadelphia by T.R. Peale 1833. Mounted: 1833

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