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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Euteliidae » Euteliinae » Paectes » Paectes abrostolella - Hodges#8959.1 (Paectes abrostolella)
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Paectes species? - Paectes abrostolella - male
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Paectes species? - Paectes abrostolella - Male
Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
June 14, 2021
Came to lights
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Contributed by Ann Cooper on 16 June, 2021 - 12:02pm
Last updated 22 November, 2023 - 4:16pm

Moved
Moved from Paectes. See discussion in Metzler (1991) at link in citations below.
… Steve Morris, 22 November, 2023 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

For your location, abrostolella and pygmaea are the most likely candidates and hard to separate, by just looking at an image.
… Bob Biagi, 17 June, 2021 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

 
What would separate these two
What would separate these two species? Thank you.
… Ann Cooper, 17 June, 2021 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
The info pages say "size and color", but I'm not sure how well that shows up in our images. An expert might be able to tell you something more about this.
… Bob Biagi, 17 June, 2021 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! As a beginner, I am a
Thanks! As a beginner, I am always looking for hints. I find moth text books (Opler, for example), utterly overwhelming.
… Ann Cooper, 17 June, 2021 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

Yes
male
… Aaron Hunt, 16 June, 2021 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! At least I got to gen
Thanks! At least I got to genus! Any chance of narrowing down to species?
… Ann Cooper, 16 June, 2021 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

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