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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Crambine Snout Moths (Crambinae) » Grass-Veneers (Crambini) » Parapediasia » Bluegrass Webworm Moth - Hodges#5451 (Parapediasia teterrellus)
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Parapediasia teterrella? - Parapediasia teterrellus
Copyright © 2014 Andrew Kahl

Parapediasia teterrella? - Parapediasia teterrellus
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
July 11, 2014
Size: 12mm
12mm long, came to light at night and perched head-down.
It had sharp, disctinctive, colorful pattern on the wings.
I found another similar specimen. What species could it be?
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Contributed by Andrew Kahl on 12 July, 2014 - 10:21pm
Last updated 5 September, 2015 - 11:52am

Couldn't this be...
Parapediasia decorellus?
… Kimberlie Sasan, 31 July, 2018 - 8:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Crambid Snout Moths.
… Marcia Morris, 5 September, 2015 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Timothy Reichard, 31 July, 2014 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

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I think the only one like it in the mid-Atlantic is the Bluegrass Webworm Moth. I don't know if there are look-alikes in Texas.
… Timothy Reichard, 12 July, 2014 - 10:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Parapediasia teterrella
It was fast.
The Moths Photographers Group includes P. teterrella among Texas moths' species.
Thanks -

Andrew
… Andrew Kahl, 13 July, 2014 - 12:09am login or register to post comments

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