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Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix - Hodges #5182 - Blepharomastix ranalis
Copyright © 2009 Robert Lord Zimlich

Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix - Hodges #5182 - Blepharomastix ranalis
Mobile (Dog-River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
April 29, 2009
Ichthyoptila ranalis #5182?
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 30 April, 2009 - 1:05pm
Last updated 21 September, 2012 - 12:37pm

Yep, nice moth Robert!
Blepharomastix [Ichthyoptila] ranalis Hodges #5182


Also good photos at Moth Photographers Group here

I use Blepharomastix but will check to see what the current genus name is.

butterfliesandmoths.org
MPG
nearctica.com
all use Blepharomastix
… Maury J. Heiman, 30 April, 2009 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

 
The Name Is Currently Blepharomastix
I don't know who it was that tried moving it to Ichthyoptila, but Munroe in 1995 synonymized or sank that genus in Blepharomastix. The species ranalis was in Blepharomastix in Hodges 1983 and resides there today. I thank Brian Scholtens for looking up the last review of the subfamily by Munroe:

Munroe, E.G. 1995. Pyraustinae, pp. 53-79. In J. B. Heppner (ed.),
Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera checklist: Part 2.
Association for Tropical Lepidoptera, Gainesville, Florida.
… Bob Patterson, 10 November, 2009 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

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