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Hodges #8427 -  Spot-edged Dyspyralis Moth? - Hypenodes franclemonti

Hodges #8427 - Spot-edged Dyspyralis Moth? - Hypenodes franclemonti
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
February 20, 2017
Size: Forewing 6-7mm
Attracted to black light. I discovered this old photo in my files among 8424 Hypenodes franclemonti but this placement definitely is wrong. Resuming a search for a match on a "MPG walk" had been unsuccessful initially but now I think the moth might be a rather worn Dyspyralis puncticosta. It's less than typical spread-out wings may be due to the moth still being cold from having been kept in our refrigerator for photographing on the day after detecting it on the black light sheet.

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths. It seems wear is a major issue with this subfamily — it certainly has been in my experience with Hypenodes on Block Island.

Why not franclemonti?
Looks it to me

 
Probably franclemonti after all
Thank you, Aaron, for the challenge. My main problem was the shallow inward bulge of my moth’s PM line with only faint dark clouding inside, the almost straight AM line and the extended black along the basal portion of the costa. The “rather worn” argument, of course, goes both ways, and applying it to franclemonti certainly weakens my argument in favor of puncticosta. Looking now at my and BugGuide’s franclemonti photos again with respect to the criteria I list, I concede that you are right.

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