Species Ufa rubedinella - Hodges#5895

5895

one of 4 species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps

the only species occurring in Florida

wingspan about 17 mm, based on two Internet photos

Adult: sexually dimorphic - male forewing brownish-red beyond PM line and along costa but pale yellowish elsewhere; female forewing reddish-brown except for pale strip along costa; both sexes with one or two dark discal dots in median area; hindwing more than twice as broad as forewing, white with dark terminal line and white fringe; labial palps relatively short, recurved partly over head

Florida, Caribbean, and Central America

Tampa Moth forewing is bisected longitudinally (half dark, half pale)

moths in the tribe Peoriini such as Carmine Snout Moth have a long snout projecting foreward in front of the head

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

pinned adult image (Matthew Barnes, Moths of Jamaica)

presence in Florida; list (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)