Homoeosoma stypticella? - Homoeosoma electellum

Moved

Moved from Homoeosoma.
Tentatively.
After carefull consideration of the five different specimens on BugGuide under Homoeosoma stypticella, I must conclude that this is quite unlike three of them and at least one of the other two may be too close to call. The difference in the PM area, as noted in Ann's comments, is quite noticable in the three.
On the other hand, following the suggestion of H. electella, there are several that match quite well. Color is variable but this is close to several.
Because there are few records in N.W., I am moving this as tentative but feel it needs to be shown in the area.

… Joseph V Higbee, 22 August, 2017 - 11:41am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

Genus seems safe. To me it looks more like

, but maybe that is only because it is the species I am familiar with.

… A. Hendrickson, 22 August, 2017 - 9:11am

I was

hoping someone might help with this. I spent some time waffling on this and went with stypticella partly because the color seems more beige on some of electella and partly because of only one specimen in NW in guide.
Today, I'm realizing that the WA specimens are all from the same source and there are several electella that are colored similar to mine.
This image, on my pbase site, of a different specimen was taken at the sme time and my intent was/is to post it here if I could be sure what it was.

… Joseph V Higbee, 22 August, 2017 - 10:03am

Joseph, I do NOT pretend to be an expert. I try on your Washington moths because there are few editors commenting on thme. I make lists for Libby Avis to look at when she has time, but she is out of town now and does not usually do Micros. Yours is common enough that I have asked her to look at it.

The one you said was on you pbase site looks the same to me unless you have a dorsal that shows more of the markings. In the best photographs of H. stypticella I thought the PM area was darker and more definite than your moths and had an overall darker, grainer look to the forewings.

Thats my 2 cents.

… A. Hendrickson, 22 August, 2017 - 10:54am

Oops, duplicate.

… A. Hendrickson, 22 August, 2017 - 10:51am