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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Anomologinae » Aristotelia » Aristotelia corallina complex - Hodges#1733.1 (Aristotelia corallina)

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Please help us to identify this moth. - Aristotelia corallina

Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
February 10, 2017
Size: ~8mm

~8mm long, very slim, dorsum darker than that in Aristotelia corallina or Putella xylostella.

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Please help us to identify this moth. - Aristotelia corallina

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Contributed by Andrew Kahl on 11 February, 2017 - 1:58pm
Last updated 15 February, 2017 - 10:16am

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… A. Hendrickson, 15 February, 2017 - 10:16am

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I disagree with your statement that your the dorsum is darker than that A. corallina. I find it to be variable specimen to specimen. See this specimen from BOLD here. There were also many spread specimens where the dorsum did not appear to me to be completely white. I think it is A. corallina. Putella xylostella has a more slender profile and usually carries its antenna forward in typical Putella style.

… A. Hendrickson, 11 February, 2017 - 2:41pm

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Aristotelia, probably A. corallina

Ann, Aaron:
I appreciate your comments.
Regards -

Andrew

… Andrew Kahl, 15 February, 2017 - 9:41am

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A few points

I don't have too much to add here, as I have little experience in identifying species of Aristotelia, but I'm inclined to agree with Ann. This certainly looks like the genus to me, at least. Another point about Plutella xylostella, which does look superficially similar to this specimen, is that the palpi of that species are very different than in this specimen. The scales on the head and the shape and size of the labial palpi tend to be good clues to superfamily, and in this case, they clearly indicate that this specimen belongs in Gelechioidea.

… Aaron Hunt, 11 February, 2017 - 8:04pm

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Thanks for the support and the excellent additional observations.

… A. Hendrickson, 11 February, 2017 - 10:57pm

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