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moth - Alpheias vicarilis
Copyright © 2016 Ryan Andrews

moth - Alpheias vicarilis
Valley Center, San Diego County, California, USA
June 16, 2016
Size: 10mm estimate
Maybe Pyralidae? Found roosting on my porch during the day.
Contributed by Ryan Andrews on 20 June, 2016 - 12:57pm
Last updated 7 March, 2022 - 10:31pm

Moved
Moved from Alpheias transferrens.
… Aaron Hunt, 7 March, 2022 - 10:31pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Thanks again Robert!
… A. Hendrickson, 21 June, 2016 - 12:14pm

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Yes, I thought it was a Phycitinae until I found this possibility under the Pyralids. . Here again you usually need a lateral for a species ID.

Not an ID, a suggestion of a possibility.
… A. Hendrickson, 20 June, 2016 - 3:29pm

 
thanks
In this case it definitely would've been impossible to get a lateral shot. It was sitting on the ceiling of my porch and getting a shot with my lens was hard enough from 3ft away.
… Ryan Andrews, 21 June, 2016 - 12:57am

 
Alpheias transferrens
Ryan, while dark, the maculations are in order. BTW it's a real help posting moths with head facing up. Otherwise, it's like trying to read upside down. Thanks
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… Robert Lord Zimlich, 21 June, 2016 - 10:47am

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