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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Renia » Short-snout Renia - Hodges#8378 (Renia salusalis)
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Littermoth (Renia fraternalis?) - Renia salusalis - male
Copyright © 2018 Peter Homann

Littermoth (Renia fraternalis?) - Renia salusalis - Male
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
March 16, 2018
Size: Forewing ≈17mm
At outdoor light. Please help with this one. Shape reminds me of Renia but it is a rather large moth, the palps are different and I have not yet been able to find one with a large black reniform spot.
Edit: From posted images I conclude that some R. fraternalis have black reniforms: wing patterns of my moth would be right for that species but not size and palps: Maybe it's ignorant to ask whether the discrepancies might be attributable to my moth being a female whereas (most of) the posted images are of males that are more readily attracted to light?
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Contributed by Peter Homann on 17 March, 2018 - 8:12pm
Last updated 26 January, 2020 - 8:55am

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