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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Odontiinae » Odontiini » Neocymbopteryx » Neocymbopteryx heitzmani - Hodges#4806 (Neocymbopteryx heitzmani)
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Unknown Kentucky Pyralidae - Neocymbopteryx heitzmani
Copyright © 2019 Otis

Unknown Kentucky Pyralidae - Neocymbopteryx heitzmani
Hardin County, Kentucky, USA
June 2, 1994
Size: 9mm wingspan
Hello, I took this moth way back in 1994, June 2. I had taken one previously in a sweep net sample from the same site in 1992. I have one other but this is in the best shape. All were flying during the day on a high-quality grassland/barrens in central KY. I can find nothing like it in any of the literature or online. Any help would be appreciated!

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Unknown Kentucky Pyralidae - Neocymbopteryx heitzmani Unknown Kentucky Pyralidae - Neocymbopteryx heitzmani
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Contributed by Otis on 13 February, 2019 - 12:12pm
Last updated 13 February, 2019 - 2:33pm

Hi Otis, would you mind sending me the locality info for this?
I'll be driving through Louisville in a few weeks and would like to see if I can find any. Was this on public or private land? Thanks!

kyhl.austin@gmail.com
… Kyhl Austin, 18 May, 2020 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

Second ever record of this genus and species!
Any chance one's a female? It was described by Munroe from a single male from Arkansas. I'd be interested in examining the female if you have one. Moved from Crambid Snout Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 13 February, 2019 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Neocymbopteryx heitzmani
Kyhl Austin,

I forgot to say CONGRATULATIONS on that obscure ID! I don't have that paper, just Monroe's MONA Fascicles. That figured specimen may also be a female, I didn't take a close look, but both of mine have pretty chunky abdomens.
… Otis, 13 February, 2019 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

 
It might be worth publishing this record & describing the female
Would you be willing to loan the specimens to me in exchange for co-authorship on a small paper? Email me if you're interested and we can sort out the details.
… Kyhl Austin, 13 February, 2019 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Beat me to it!
Had that one bookmarked; I should have checked the odontiine descriptions during class! Exciting find!
… Aaron Hunt, 13 February, 2019 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

 
yes, I think the other specim
yes, I think the other specimen is a female.
… Otis, 13 February, 2019 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

 
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Hi Otis, would you mind sending me the locality info for this?
I'll be driving through Louisville in a few weeks and would like to see if I can find any. Would be nice to see if this species still exists at this locality. Was this on public or private land? Thanks!

kyhl.austin@gmail.com
… Kyhl Austin, 28 May, 2020 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Interesting; will have to take another look
… Aaron Hunt, 13 February, 2019 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

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