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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Pyraloidea » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Pyraustinae » Spilomelini » Penestola » Penestola bufalis - Hodges#5179 (Penestola bufalis)
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dark crambid - Penestola bufalis
Copyright © 2006 Robin McLeod

dark crambid - Penestola bufalis
Everglades City, Collier County, Florida, USA
April 4, 2006
Size: wing about 8 mm
reminds me of a Herpetogramma species similar to the aeglealis photos at MPG but with an extra tooth in the PM line near the costa, and some gray shading on the wingtips

found on the same night and not far from another individual that's darker but has the same markings as this one, so I'm guessing they're the same species
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 2 May, 2006 - 5:58pm
Last updated 9 April, 2007 - 10:28pm

Thanks, Bob
Moved from Dusky Herpetogramma to new species page.
… Robin McLeod, 9 April, 2007 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

5179 -- Penestola bufalis
Reviewed by Brian Scholtens who suggests this species.
… Bob Patterson, 9 April, 2007 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

Sometimes Moths Can Be Difficult....
.... I sent this to Brian Scholtens and he says "[This moth] I’m not certain of, but it is closest to Ostrinia nubilalis, but not Herpetogramma." I didn't send Brian the wing length. Jim Vargo's spread specimen of O. nubilalis has a wingspan of 27mm. I doubt this moth can be that species.
… Bob Patterson, 8 May, 2006 - 12:56pm login or register to post comments

5274 -- Dusky Herpetogramma Moth -- H. phaeopteralis
.... at least it looks like it to me. The lines can look a bit crinkled and more toothy depending on how the wing is held, less toothy in a fully spread and flat specimen. I didn't get a really good photo in Florida, but they sure do seem dark compared to other related species.
… Bob Patterson, 2 May, 2006 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

 
H. phaeopteralis
Thanks, Bob. Image moved from family page to new species page.
… Robin McLeod, 3 May, 2006 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

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