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Hawaiian Dancing Moth - Hodges#0307.1 (Dryadaula terpsichorella)
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Copyright © 2013
Peter Homann
Sexually dimorphic micromoth -
Dryadaula terpsichorella
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Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
February 23, 2013
Size: 10-12 mm total
At outdoor light. I post this "couple" because I was fascinated by the obvious dimorphism, but perhaps this is nothing unusual for micromoths.
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Contributed by
Peter Homann
on 25 February, 2013 - 7:36pm
Last updated 25 November, 2015 - 9:49am
Moved
Moved from
Caribbean Scavenger Moth
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Steve Nanz
, 25 November, 2015 - 9:49am
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Caribbean Scavenger Moth - Hodges #0304
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 1 March, 2013 - 11:28am
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Why not?
Your place appears to be home to so many of these "guys and dolls" that you could find out whether the variability is random or suggests dimorphism. Anyway, thanks for the ID!
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Peter Homann
, 1 March, 2013 - 8:14pm
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Sexually Dimorphic
I'm now convinced they dimorphic, as this is the only couple I've seen, other than mine. Yours are clearly identical to mine. Question is, is the larger, plain one the female. Time for some homework :)
Thanks for posting
Z
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 2 March, 2013 - 1:07am
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Yes -
I also noticed the similarity, but isn't it typically the male that's on top?
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Peter Homann
, 2 March, 2013 - 8:35am
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Hard to tell, but ...
Look like sorta like ...
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 27 February, 2013 - 10:42am
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I like it now.
Thank you for your suggestion. I apologize for not responding earlier - things have not been normal routine lately. Anyway, I missed on your moth thumb the distinct dark "triangular scarf" of mine, but I now browsed the relevant website and noticed that it has images covering everything from the pale male(?) of my pair and its very distinctly patterned partner. Is this natural variability or dimorphism?
Peter
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Peter Homann
, 28 February, 2013 - 8:40pm
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Variable
While I never read anything about them being dimorphic, I suspect they may well be. I do know they are
highly variable
. I posted some of my early specimens as unknown, until Bob Patterson ID's as the same. They are not likely to be confused with anything else.
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 1 March, 2013 - 11:26am
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