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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae
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Unknown Crambid
Copyright © 2016 John Gorey

Unknown Crambid
Desert center, Riverside County, California, USA
March 8, 2016
Not sure what species this is or even what genus if someone knows.
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Contributed by John Gorey on 27 March, 2016 - 3:58pm
Last updated 27 January, 2017 - 11:31pm

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… Kyhl Austin, 27 January, 2017 - 11:31pm login or register to post comments

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I am not an expert but I did lighten your photograph and concentrated on the beige V behind the head and the median lines. I came up with three possibles which has only been see once and it was north of your location, and which I have seen here and sometimes has a solid median line, and . Since you were in a desert location, I suspect one of the Genus Laetilia which are cactus feeding moths.
… A. Hendrickson, 3 January, 2017 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

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… Kyhl Austin, 29 March, 2016 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

I suspect Phycitini
But its a very large group with lots of very similar looking moths, and this one isn't especially unique looking. Looking at the plates at MPG may help.
… Aaron Hunt, 28 March, 2016 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

Pyralidae
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… Kyhl Austin, 28 March, 2016 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

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