Hodges #1799 - Exoteleia chillcotti - Battaristis vittella

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Hodges #1799 - Exoteleia chillcotti - Battaristis vittella

Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
August 17, 2020

Attracted to black light. I retrieved this photo of this tiny colored insect out of curiosity when I discovered it on the photo of another moth. Now, two months later, I remembered it as I browsed the gelechioids on the MPG plates and saw matching images. Due to not having been in focus, it's a blurry photo of the moth, but because BugGuide has photo from Florida (yet), I post it anyway.

Contributed by Peter Homann on 25 October, 2020 - 4:25pm
Last updated 11 October, 2022 - 8:29pm

Moved

Moved from chillcotti or pinifoliella.

… Aaron Hunt, 11 October, 2022 - 8:29pm

Missed that one

Thank you, Aaron: As it happens too often now, I had one already in my files.

… Peter Homann, 12 October, 2022 - 10:30am

Moved

Moved from chillcotti or pinifoliella.

… Peter Homann, 21 December, 2020 - 3:50pm

Moved

Moved from Exoteleia chillcotti. The move from 1799 Exoteleia chillicotti was prompted by my discovery elsewhere on the MPG plates of an almost identical looking moth with a very different Hodges number, 1840 Exoteleia pinifoliella. BugGuide presently considers those two forming a "species group."

… Peter Homann, 26 October, 2020 - 3:52pm

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