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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) » Agriphila
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I have done some research. I am caught between a Vagabond Crampus Moth (Agriphila) and Sod Worm Moth or are they the same. - Agriphila
Copyright © 2014 Hawkman

I have done some research. I am caught between a Vagabond Crampus Moth (Agriphila) and Sod Worm Moth or are they the same. - Agriphila
Keene, Johnson County, Texas, USA
October 20, 2014
Size: About 1/2-3/4 inch long
Only seen at night. One was found on the wall and the other found on a window. Until I edited the photo, I could not see the antennae. I noticed the antennae was not the same as I have seen on moths. The fuzzy looking appendages are apparently mouths parts as I observed the to fluctuate outward from the center.
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Contributed by Hawkman on 20 October, 2014 - 8:46pm
Last updated 8 January, 2017 - 3:21pm

Moved
Moved from Crambini.
… Kyhl Austin, 8 January, 2017 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Tony Leukering, 13 March, 2015 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 21 November, 2014 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

Duplicate record
Agriphila vulgivagella - Vagabond Crambus - Hodges#5403
as you have submitted here:


Thank you for the submissions, however, only one record is needed for the guide
… Marcia Morris, 21 October, 2014 - 5:39am login or register to post comments

 
Not a duplicate Record
Marcia, the two images were submitted together. I unlinked them, as they are not the same specimen. I'm not sure this one is even a vagabond.
Robert
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 21 October, 2014 - 6:29am login or register to post comments

Looks like ...
something in Agriphila, but not sure which.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 21 October, 2014 - 5:12am login or register to post comments

Not an ID
But this looks more like the Vagabond Crambus to me. However, I do not have personal experience with this species.
… A. Hendrickson, 21 October, 2014 - 12:29am login or register to post comments

 
I'd go with...
Agriphila on the strength of the incredibly fluffy palps, but I'll put it in the tribe to be safe.
… Tony Leukering, 13 March, 2015 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

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