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Aug 11, 2014 6:31 PM CST
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
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I Googled it and there were a lot of pictures and info. It says the moth has a wingspan of 17 mm so I was just sitting here telling my parents I would hate to look for the caterpillars. They must be microscopic! I can't imagine they would do much damage to a plant, but I guess that depends on how many eggs it laid. Plus, you may have a male that was just patrolling for females so maybe no eggs at all.

I have Cassius Blues on my plumbagos literally all the time and they are a small butterfly with small caterpillars. I raised them once and almost became permanently cross-eyed. Rolling on the floor laughing I never see any damage to the plants so I imagine this moth is similar. Too small to make much of an impact.

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