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Alpheias vicarilis - Hodges#5645 (Alpheias vicarilis)
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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.
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Contributed by
Ryan Andrews
on 20 June, 2016 - 12:57pm
Last updated 7 March, 2022 - 10:31pm
Moved
Moved from
Alpheias transferrens
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Aaron Hunt
, 7 March, 2022 - 10:31pm
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Thanks again Robert!
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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.
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A. Hendrickson
, 20 June, 2016 - 3:29pm
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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.
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Ryan Andrews
, 21 June, 2016 - 12:57am
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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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