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Cisthene sp. (possible picta) #8075 - Cisthene angelus

Cisthene sp. (possible picta) #8075 - Cisthene angelus
Sanderson, Terrell County, Texas, USA
September 22, 2016
I am guessing on this one as nothing seemed to fit well other than the overall pattern of Cisthene picta but the images are of pinned subjects. However, habitat is correct. No other confirmed ID on this as of yet.

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Cisthene sp. (possible picta) #8075 - Cisthene angelus Cisthene sp. (possible picta) #8075 - Cisthene angelus

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Moved from Cisthene. After further study, we now know that the solid orange thorax and the position of the PM band more or less parallel to the outer margin of the FW are diagnostic for Angel Lichen Moth.

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Moved from ID Request.

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Lee,

You are right on the Genus, but I don't think you can get a species ID on these pictures. I looked at your selected species and do not agree with your "read" on the shape of the markings. Also it is a NE Texas species to date.

Early on Maury Heiman who IS an expert told me that Cisthenes are very hard to identify if you do not have a hindwing view and even then it can be tricky.

I went back and checked all my Cisthene photographs and the Lepidopterists Society Database. The only one that I have had that has the yellow head like yours I have thought might be C. angelus which has not been seen in Texas or C. Kentuckiensis which has only been reported in NW Texas. I sent one of the yellow headed ones to BOLD that came back identified as Subrufa which HAS been reported in SW Texas but it was among my very first submissions. I had submitted two Cisthenes and cannot be sure which photograph was identified, so the information was not much help.

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