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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Spilomelinae » Nomophilini » Mimorista » Mimorista subcostalis - Hodges#5139 (Mimorista subcostalis)

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Copyright © 2016 Alice Abela

Moth - Mimorista subcostalis

Copper Canyon, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 10, 2016
Size: ~25mm wingspan

Came to mercury vapor light in mixed grassland woodland habitat

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Contributed by Alice Abela on 21 August, 2016 - 10:17pm
Last updated 30 May, 2017 - 9:14pm

Moved

Moved from Spilomelinae.

… Alice Abela, 30 May, 2017 - 9:14pm

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Moved

Moved from Crambid Snout Moths.

… Kyhl Austin, 5 March, 2017 - 10:06pm

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… Kyhl Austin, 3 September, 2016 - 10:42pm

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I agree with Charles Genus fo

I agree with Charles Genus for sure. The ones I have seen have been

and I will post another one I have that looks similar. I can't tell if your moth is a worn T. subcostalis, or more like mine which can also be seen in Arizona.

… A. Hendrickson, 27 August, 2016 - 12:33pm

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Size

I could be off on size, I'm going off my recollection. I do remember seeing big ones (3cm wingspan) but not being able to get good photos. I remember seeing one that was a lot smaller, but similar coloration that I also shot. But, maybe I did manage to get a good shot of a large one and confused the two upon returning. I'll review the original photo series and see what I can come up with.

… Alice Abela, 27 August, 2016 - 1:16pm

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Size

I looked at the lens and focal distance and I'm thinking that ~25mm is a closer estimate.

… Alice Abela, 27 August, 2016 - 7:07pm

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Touche. Wish I could master the camera as you have. It would help a lot when I have not captured a specimen.

… A. Hendrickson, 27 August, 2016 - 8:53pm

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Aaron Hunt, 27 August, 2016 - 1:28am

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Looks like Mimorista subcostalis

But the wingspan should be twice that.
Images here.

… cwmelton, 26 August, 2016 - 3:11pm

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