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Lascoria alucitalis - Hodges#8395 (Lascoria alucitalis)
Photo#1405217
Copyright © 2017
Jim Duggan
Unidentified Moth -
Lascoria alucitalis
-
Sebastian, Indian River County, Florida, USA
June 10, 2017
Size: 8-12mm
Attracted to black light. Very humid and rainy days
Contributed by
Jim Duggan
on 16 July, 2017 - 4:45pm
Last updated 9 November, 2019 - 4:10pm
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Lascoria orneodalis
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Steve Nanz
, 9 November, 2019 - 4:10pm
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Thanks for the back-up Peter! Some of the other images from Florida may be misplaced. The males of this species have a bulge on the costal edge, near the median band. I don't see that on the other species. (...except in Florida)
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Bob Biagi
, 28 November, 2017 - 8:44am
Rain on the parade
In the meantime I have been alerted by Curtis Lehman of BAMONA to the fact that male
Lascoria orneodalis
and
L. alucitalis
are not easily separated on photos, and my further research tells me that this may be true.
L. orneodalis
here in North Florida is perhaps unlikely because it's too far north for it - yours may be ok, who knows.
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Peter Homann
, 28 November, 2017 - 1:26pm
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Disregard previous. Having learned more from Peter via email about these two species, I am removing my previous comments which would only cause confusion. I did add a link on the info page to Kimball (1965) which does give some info on how one might be able to distinguish the two.
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Steve Nanz
, 11 December, 2017 - 5:48am
Not an expert -
but I agree with Bob - a male
Lascoria orneodalis
.
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Peter Homann
, 27 November, 2017 - 9:56pm
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Bob Biagi
, 17 July, 2017 - 6:56am
ID on Lascoria
Hi Bob, Many thanks for your assistance. Kind Regards, Jim
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Jim Duggan
, 17 July, 2017 - 7:05am
Your Welcome!
Notched wing shape = ♂
Since this guy was found in Florida, it might be a male
Lascoria orneodalis
, but I'm not sure. Let's wait for an expert.
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Bob Biagi
, 17 July, 2017 - 7:20am
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Kyhl Austin
, 16 July, 2017 - 8:43pm