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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Sedge and False Diamondback Moths (Glyphipterigidae) » Sedge Moths (Glyphipteriginae) » Lepidotarphius » Lepidotarphius perornatella - Hodges#2346.5 (Lepidotarphius perornatella)
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back to front mimic moth - Lepidotarphius perornatella
Copyright © 2017 SRJohnson

back to front mimic moth - Lepidotarphius perornatella
Pella, Marion County, Iowa, USA
August 17, 2017
Size: 13mm
infrequently seen inhabitant of pond margins usually close to ground arises onto vegetation if pond margin disturbed

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back to front mimic moth - Lepidotarphius perornatella back to front mimic moth - Lepidotarphius perornatella
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Contributed by SRJohnson on 18 August, 2017 - 10:32am
Last updated 20 August, 2017 - 7:29pm

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… Kyhl Austin, 20 August, 2017 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

Are you sure this was photographed in Iowa?
Looks like Lepidotarphius perornatellus (Glyphipterigidae), which is only known from Asia.
… Kyhl Austin, 20 August, 2017 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

 
"If it's got wings ...
... all bets are off."

That and world trade brings it to Iowa.
… William Donald Newton, 21 August, 2017 - 12:47am login or register to post comments

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