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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Ypsolophidae » Ypsolopha » Ypsolopha cervella - Hodges#2372 (Ypsolopha cervella)
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Unknown Moth from California - Ypsolopha cervella
Copyright © 2013 Ken-ichi Ueda

Unknown Moth from California - Ypsolopha cervella
Mangini Ranch, Contra Costa County, California, USA
June 19, 2013
Size: 7 mm
Another small one at a UV light at a chaparral / grassland border.
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Contributed by Ken-ichi Ueda on 23 June, 2013 - 9:28pm
Last updated 16 January, 2015 - 3:11pm

Moved to Ypsolopha cervella
Moved from Yponomeutoidea.

Tentative ID. Just read the description "Moths of Western North America". The spots go away with age.
… Steve Nanz, 16 January, 2015 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved to Yponomeutoidea
Moved from Crambid Snout Moths.

Looks like 2372 – Ypsolopha cervella but missing spots on inner margin. BOLD does show a couple without spots.

Very nice photo but please crop more tightly. This would have been easier to ID.
… Steve Nanz, 16 January, 2015 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

 
crop out antennae?
Yeah, I'm always wondering about that. Given a shot like this, I could crop as a square and get everything in but you wouldn't actually see any more detail, at least on BugGuide. Or I could show more detail but I'd have to crop out the antennae. Better to do the latter? I also try to link to the same stuff on iNat, but this time I forgot. Here's the link for this one: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/306567
… Ken-ichi Ueda, 16 January, 2015 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

 
yes
Crop off the antennae and add a linked second hi res image with the antennae. I will say, though, that I downloaded the image and cropped as a square and the moth was nearly 50% larger in the standard BugGuide view. It's good to remember that you want the thumbnail to be as identifiable as possible or it has a good chance of getting passed up by an expert.
… Steve Nanz, 16 January, 2015 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… A. Hendrickson, 11 January, 2015 - 5:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Not A Crambid
At full resolution you can see the upturned labial palps.
… Steve Nanz, 16 January, 2015 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 7 July, 2013 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

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