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moth  - Diploschizia habecki

moth - Diploschizia habecki
Collier-Seminole St Pk, collier County, Florida, USA
March 3, 2015

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Diploschizia habecki
This is Diploschizia habecki (Glyphipterigidae), the larva of which is a seed borer in shortbristle horned beaksedge, Rhynchospora corniculata (Cyperaceae). The moth is known from Georgia and Florida. According to Heppner's 1985 revision, "The very broad base of the forewing dorsal margin crescent, with the slender distal point, is characteristic of the species."

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