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Leucocnemis nivalis

Leucocnemis nivalis
29.797499, -100.998049, Val Verde County, Texas, USA
September 7, 2017
No pattern, totally white with pink eyes--could be an amelanistic (albino) specimen.

I have several observations posted at iNat and here at BG of Schinia citrinellus, and it turns out that all are misidentified Leucocnemis nivalis. These white moths have a single brown spine at the "knee" of the foreleg. All Schinia have an array of several spines on the foreleg, not a single spine and this single spine on this does not qualify as the character that defines the genus. I looked very closely at the "knees" on the many Leucocnemis perfundis that I have photographed, and they also have the same single spine. This is a character of Leucocnemis, at least the two Leucocnemis I have observed.

Here is a link to a good pic by Mako Jon that clearly shows the spines on the forelegs of a REAL Schina citrinellus.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16290902. Ann H also has pictures of textbook citrinellus here at BG.

I've come to the conclusion that I have not seen a single citrinellus. All of my observations identified as citrinellus are of nivalis.

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Dave, I think this is a poorly marked . Most of them have at least a hint of a / wing marking, but some are almost completely white. I have had some with "pink" antennas. I also have another completely white moth, but it has a different look to the head and has been put into a Condica BIN at BOLD 4 times - still a mystery.

 
you are right, Ann
I have a dozen observations posted at iNat of Schinia citrinellus, some of which are posted here at BG, and it turns out that all are misidentified Leucocnemis nivalis. These white moths have a single brown spine at the "knee" of the foreleg. All Schinia have an array of several spines on the foreleg, not a single spine and this single spine on this does not qualify as the character that defines the genus. I looked very closely at the "knees" on the many Leucocnemis perfundis that I have phtographed, and they also have the same single spine as clearly seen on the moths I've seen like this. This is a character of Leucocnemis, at least the two Leucocnemis species I have observed.

Here is a link to a good pic by Mako Jon that clearly shows the spines on the forelegs of a REAL Schina citrinellus.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16290902. Ann H also has pics of real citrinellus here at BG that show the array of spines.

I've come to the conclusion that I have not seen a single citrinellus. All of my observations identified as citrinellus are of nivalis.

 
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Sorry it has taken me so long to answer. Actually I see 4 confusing white moths at our place. Bagisaras can be quite worn and appear almost white, L. nivalis is the most common, I have a white Condica that is an undescribed species but has a long spine on the back tibia, and Schinia citrinellus which I have only seen twice, once in late July and once in late August. I think no one should ID a S. citrinellus without a hindwing view. Having a number of the would make Schinia citrinellus a suspect ID. Mine have had pink antennas and pinkish legs.

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