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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae
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SBBG-SCL-TIC_000410
Copyright © 2019 Casey Richart

SBBG-SCL-TIC_000410
San Clemente Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA
May 4, 2019
Collected from the steep and forested Grove Canyon via beat sheet of Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. aspleniifolius; 32.8779, -118.4353. Image by Samantha K. Taylor.
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Contributed by Casey Richart on 24 October, 2019 - 8:41pm
Last updated 9 January, 2021 - 5:33pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths. Maybe. If you get these dissected, I can send the genitalia images to experts. I can't really do anything from these images.
… Aaron Hunt, 26 December, 2020 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Anything Helps
Thanks for all if the identifications Aaron. We aim to get these specimens to experts, and identifications to family are helpful for organizing specimens for taxonomists
… Casey Richart, 9 January, 2021 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

Not sure whether this is identifiable
Do you think the abdomen has shrunk or swelled, or should proportions be about as in life.
… Aaron Hunt, 25 October, 2019 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Not Sure...
Thanks Aaron. I could better image the face, or ventral, or anything if you think it might help. Thanks for your help!
… Casey Richart, 25 October, 2019 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Tough to say
For specimens in this state, genitalia dissection is really the way to go. I have nowhere near enough experience with identification from genitalia to help from such images, but I could ask around for help. I noticed the really tiny size, though, which definitely narrows the possibilities considerably. I think it pretty much has to be Nepticulidae. Images of the base of the antennae would help confirm.
… Aaron Hunt, 26 October, 2019 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

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