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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Scavenger Moths (Blastobasidae) » Scavenger Moths (Blastobasinae) » Holcocerini » Asaphocrita » Asaphocrita busckiella-complex - Hodges#1174 (Asaphocrita busckiella-complex)
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Blastobasinae - Asaphocrita busckiella-complex
Copyright © 2015 Marcia Morris

Blastobasinae - Asaphocrita busckiella-complex
Verona, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
May 4, 2015
This scavenger is freshly emerged, I am hoping an expert can identify its distinctive markings
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Contributed by Marcia Morris on 5 May, 2015 - 5:18am
Last updated 19 December, 2021 - 4:26pm

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Moved from Scavenger Moths.
… Aaron Hunt, 19 December, 2021 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

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… Marcia Morris, 17 May, 2015 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

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Marcia, I haven't commented because I knew you wanted an expert, but today I was struck by the resemblance to Asaphocrita aphidiella. Patterning not exactly the same but must be in the same Genus somehow. The spread pages of MPG did not help and I don't do Bold well, so I don't know if there any other species.
… A. Hendrickson, 9 May, 2015 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
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Ann, I appreciate your comments! I, too, had seen that species. However, I understand that there are some problems with the Blastobasidae and the family is being revised by David Adamski. Hopefully, we will have a better understanding of the family at some point, but it doesn't hurt to post an image and file it away among the other family members without a permanent home, for the time being.
… Marcia Morris, 9 May, 2015 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

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