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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Concealer Moths (Oecophoridae) » Oecophorinae » Oecophorini » Inga » Inga obscuromaculella - Hodges#1037 (Inga obscuromaculella)
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Plain Brown Moth - Inga obscuromaculella
Copyright © 2019 Victor Engel

Plain Brown Moth - Inga obscuromaculella
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
July 13, 2019
I seem to get a lot of these rather plain-looking moths. It seems like the pattern of spots is pretty consistent, but sometimes quite muted. I'm not sure if I'm looking at one species or more than one species. Perhaps if I can get one of them identified, that may lead to getting the others identified as similar. I think I've eliminated Autosticha kyotensis and all the ones linked from the info page to that species.
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Contributed by Victor Engel on 14 July, 2019 - 10:21am
Last updated 11 May, 2020 - 5:57pm

Moved, Inga obscuromaculella
Moved from Twirler Moths and kin. See info page
… Aaron Hunt, 11 May, 2020 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Aaron Hunt, 1 September, 2019 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

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I get them too and have sent one to BOLD and you can see it at TXLEP343-16 in the public database. The BIN it is in has few identifidations that are public so it doesn't help much. I keep them in my files as 0901 – Exaeretia sordidella. I feel pretty certain that they are at least some Depressariidae. 1010.1 – Autosticha kyotensis is another possibility, but I don't like it as well.

The Ingas were not to species and were all unpublished from Okalhoma and the out group on the BIN tree was an Depressariidae from Costa Rica.
… A. Hendrickson, 14 July, 2019 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

 
I have Autosticha kyotensis a
I have Autosticha kyotensis also, and I'm quite sure this one is different. I was looking at the info page to A. kyotensis, which includes links to several other possibilities. I don't think it includes your other suggestion, though. Perhaps that one can be added if it's missing.
… Victor Engel, 14 July, 2019 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

 
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Victor,
The A. kyotensis information page has been a collaborative effort by many real experts so they apparently do not share my opinion and none of my specimens have been identified to species.
… A. Hendrickson, 17 July, 2019 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

 
What about Inga sp.?
What about Inga sp.?
… Victor Engel, 17 July, 2019 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

 
With all due respect to sandwiches...
...I call these PBJ's: plain brown jobs.
… Chuck Sexton, 21 August, 2019 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Exaeretia/Inga
…is what I refer to these as for now. There are a few discussions under images in the guide placed to Gelechioidea.
… Aaron Hunt, 23 July, 2019 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks for the information, Aaron.
… A. Hendrickson, 23 July, 2019 - 9:07pm login or register to post comments

 
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That is another consideration.
… A. Hendrickson, 17 July, 2019 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

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