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Pickleworm Moth - Diaphania nitidalis - female
Copyright © 2014 Nigel Grindley

Pickleworm Moth - Diaphania nitidalis - Female
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
September 25, 2013
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Contributed by Nigel Grindley on 16 November, 2014 - 3:19pm
Last updated 16 March, 2020 - 6:49am

Moved Diaphania nitidalis
Moved from ID Request.

First record for Rhode Island on BugGuide. BTW the female has the gyrating "pencils" for distributing pheromones.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 16 November, 2014 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

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Looks like to me, but if so it would be a first for Rhode Island. See what you think. I haven't seen one so this is not an ID.
… A. Hendrickson, 16 November, 2014 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you have to be right
I think you have to be right - many thanks. The info page for Pickleworm Moth - Hodges#5202 (Diaphania nitidalis) says that the range runs from Maine to Florida, so RI seems no big deal.
… Nigel Grindley, 16 November, 2014 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

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