Scoopwing
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Calledapteryx dryopterata
Brown Scoopwing, brown scoopwing moth
Calledapteryx dryopterata, the Brown Scoopwing, is a moth species in the family Uraniidae and the sole member of its genus. It is found in the eastern United States. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1868. It belongs to a small family of moths that includes both day-flying and night-flying species, some with distinctive wing shapes.