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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Pyraloidea » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Pyralinae » Aglossa » Aglossa cacamica - Hodges#5514 (Aglossa cacamica)
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Large Moth - Aglossa cacamica
Copyright © 2009 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Large Moth - Aglossa cacamica
Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
July 11, 2009
Size: ~3cm
Attracted to light at night

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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 11 July, 2009 - 9:04am
Last updated 11 July, 2009 - 4:06pm

5514 - Aglossa cacamica
If you can supply a square photo I'd like to have it for MPG.
… Bob Patterson, 11 July, 2009 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Pyralis Cacima?
By any chance is this the same as Pyralis Cacima, which I see in the CA Moth Specimens database but we don't seem to list here? They don't list Aglossa Cacima.
… Elliotte Rusty Harold, 13 July, 2009 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

 
The species name is cacamica
I was surprised to see that the California Database and the new book, Moths of Western North America, continue to show the old genus name Pyralis for this species. The current accepted genus name is Aglossa. I am not aware of any publication that would supercede the one for Pyralini of the Western Hemisphere presented in J. Lepid. Soc. 53(1), 1999, 1-10.

Only two species remain in Pyralis (farinalis and manihotalis). Other species formerly in that genus are now placed in Aglossa.
… Bob Patterson, 13 July, 2009 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks. Wasn't an especially
Thanks. Wasn't an especially "square" moth, but I've sent you a photo with a little more background in it. :-)
… Elliotte Rusty Harold, 11 July, 2009 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

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