Utah Moth - Brachylomia

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… A. Hendrickson, 26 March, 2015 - 8:02am

Brachylomia sp.

This looks like a Brachylomia sp. to me, specifically Brachylomia discolor (see the MPG Brachylomia discolor species page, especially the Tom Dimock photo which it seems to match almost perfectly), but I'm hesitant since I'm not sure it couldn't be Brachylomia populi (See the MPG Brachylomia populi species page, especially the Gary Anweiler photo, which it seems to match better than the others)

Another fact that makes me hesitant is the PNW moths B. discolor photo on the species page here, which bears little specific resemblance to your moth, or to some of the photos on MPG. Neither do the two photos on the BOLD species page here, bear much specific resemblance to your moth. I'm unexperienced with this genus, so I don't know what to make of it. Maybe just regional differences? Hopefully somebody with more knowledge will be able to help us. Anyway, it makes me a little leery of positively identifying this as Brachylomia discolor; let's wait and see what others think.

… Josiah Gilbert, 6 March, 2015 - 7:33pm

I have never seen a B. populi that looks like this

though it is variable.

I believe it to be B. discolor as you point to, this species consistently resembles the moth above. If populi does have a variation that matches the above then these two moths are probably impossible.

… James Bailey, 25 March, 2015 - 10:49pm

Re: Brachlylomia sp.

Dear Mr. Gilbert,

I will tell you that you are FAR more experienced that I will ever be with moths, so just having the genus is a really good start for me. I realize my photo probably isn't the best either. I will check out your links that you so kindly provided and see what I think. Thank you so very much for all your help with my specimens.

Sincerely,
Jay

… CreationsFinest, 7 March, 2015 - 8:42am

I see what you mean

Mr. Gilbert,

I see what you mean about Tom's photo. There is one location record in Utah, according to MPG's map, but it isn't where this specimen was collected. I'm not sure how well their maps are. I'm not for sure if I have GPS coordinates for this one or not because we set out light traps at various locations and sometimes my GPS doesn't save the coordinates. Will look forward to furthur comments on this.

Thank you,
Jay

… CreationsFinest, 7 March, 2015 - 8:48am