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Please help to ID - Dienerella argus
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Please help to ID - Dienerella argus
LOS ANGELES, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 8, 2015
Size: 1 mm
on sticky trap (exterior of a Japanese crate)
Contributed by wanqu on 17 June, 2015 - 12:05pm
Last updated 10 July, 2015 - 7:52am

ID confirmed by Wolfgang H. Rücker
Moved from subgenus Dienerella.
… v belov, 10 July, 2015 - 7:52am

 
Excellent!
Nice record. I checked Waklkley 1952 and D. filum has a 2-segmented antennal club, whereas D. arga has a 3-segmented club.

Cheers! Charlene
… Charlene Wood, 12 July, 2015 - 11:11am

must be a Dienerella, not sure which one (D. argus?)
several species have spread globally with trade

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 9 July, 2015 - 6:14pm

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