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Moth - Galgula partita
Copyright © 2012 Lisa Dolliver

Moth - Galgula partita
Cedar Hill, Dallas County, Texas, USA
October 31, 2012
Size: 12 mm approx.
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Contributed by Lisa Dolliver on 31 October, 2012 - 12:11pm
Last updated 31 October, 2012 - 3:44pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lisa Dolliver, 31 October, 2012 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

I'm a beginner
Hi Lisa,

You might check Galgula partita, The Wedgling, Hodges #9688. The more commonly recognized variation is the dark maroon one, but I think there is a variation like this too. At least, that is how I have identified my photographs like this.
… A. Hendrickson, 31 October, 2012 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Sexually dimorphic
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 31 October, 2012 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Cool!
Thanks for the ID!
… Lisa Dolliver, 31 October, 2012 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

Wedgling
male
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 31 October, 2012 - 12:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Robert, Do you mind answer
Robert,

Do you mind answering if the male is always the light colored one?
… A. Hendrickson, 31 October, 2012 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Normally
A nice, clean specimen, yes. It's not just the color though. They just look different. The light-red/orangish inner margin really stands out on the female. Someone posted a quite worn specimen yesterday, that looked light, dorsally. But I could tell from ventral view, that it was red ... hence a female.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 31 October, 2012 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much. I canno
Thank you very much. I cannot tell how to tell the females of any species. I will look at the guide to see if I can tell now.
… A. Hendrickson, 31 October, 2012 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Can't always tell
Some species, both males and females have plumose antennae. So that is not even a good rule-of-thumb.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 31 October, 2012 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

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