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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Diamondback Moths (Plutellidae) » Plutella » Diamondback Moth - Hodges#2366 (Plutella xylostella)
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Diamondback moth moth? - Plutella xylostella
Copyright © 2015 Salvador Vitanza

Diamondback moth moth? - Plutella xylostella
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
December 7, 2015
Size: 8 mm
I put the pupa in this series into rearing chambers. Four days later, this moth, which I suspect is Plutella xylostella, came out. It looks somewhat different than the typical P. xylostella that I have encountered before, but I don't know what else it could be.
After talking with three Lepidopterists about these images, it is obvious that I need to unlink them as the consensus was that they are different species. Sorry for the confusion that I may have created with these submissions.

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 12 December, 2015 - 11:35am
Last updated 22 July, 2016 - 7:12am

Moved to Plutella xylostella
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.

They don't have to have the diamond pattern. The move is tentative because I don't know for a fact that there is no other possibility.
… Steve Nanz, 22 July, 2016 - 7:12am login or register to post comments

Please link
They all look like the same guy! Please add thumbnail links or something like that.
If you keep records of what you film, then you should know if they are the same. What is different?
… Bob Biagi, 20 July, 2016 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

 
You beat me to the punch Bob
That's exactly what I was going to do, but I was briefly interrupted. They are linked now. Thanks!
What I meant by being different species was between these three images (of one individual) and the rest (representing another individual). To me, the most obvious difference is the dorsal diamond pattern in the other photos not seen in these ones.
… Salvador Vitanza, 20 July, 2016 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Diamondback Moth.
… Salvador Vitanza, 20 July, 2016 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Salvador Vitanza, 13 December, 2015 - 12:08am login or register to post comments

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