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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Dichomeridinae » Dichomeris » Dichomeris ventrellus - Hodges#2287 (Dichomeris ventrellus)
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ID Request - Which Dichomeris? - Dichomeris ventrellus
Copyright © 2017 A. Hendrickson

ID Request - Which Dichomeris? - Dichomeris ventrellus
1.3 Miles NW of Camp Wood, Edwards County, Texas, USA
May 25, 2017
Dichomeris ventrella or Dichomeris georgiellla? I cannot find a difference just looking at them. Both are listed in the Lepidopterists Society Annual Summary for Texas and did not seem to be confined to one area of the state. There is no listed host for D. ventrella and the hosts listed for D. georgiella are not stated as the only oaks they will utilize.

Can someone enlighten me?
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Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 26 May, 2017 - 2:19pm
Last updated 9 December, 2018 - 11:20am

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… A. Hendrickson, 9 December, 2018 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

 
FWIW
According to Hodges Dichomeris georgiella has 'the dorsal surface of the pro thoracic tarsus blotched, pale yellowish gray on the first two or three segments' whereas Dichomeris ventrellus legs are primarily dark brown.
… George Smiley, 26 June, 2023 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thank you George. Very interesting and I will have to get some closer laterals.
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