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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Heliothinae » Heliothodes » Heliothodes diminutiva - Hodges#11058 (Heliothodes diminutiva)
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Small day-flying moth - Heliothodes diminutiva
Copyright © 2008 Ron Hemberger

Small day-flying moth - Heliothodes diminutiva
Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
July 18, 2008
Size: wingspan ~1"
Quite pretty in the air, but a very weak flyer, i.e. "fluttery". Stays close to the ground, feeding on the lowest flowers.

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 18 July, 2008 - 7:30pm
Last updated 24 July, 2017 - 9:45pm

Moved
Moved from Heliothodes.

Per off-site communication: " That is Heliothodes diminutiva; the first spring brood is purple like Schinia pulchripennis or Heliolonche pictipennis and is strictly diurnal; the subsequent summer generations are nocturnal and often look tan/blonde. Host is tarweed mostly, especially summer broods."
… James Bailey, 24 July, 2017 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, James, for your special effort here.
...
… Ron Hemberger, 25 July, 2017 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… tom murray, 7 December, 2008 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

We get a sense of Schinia
When we look through MPG we see things similar at 11091 or 11102 or 11112 but nothing quite right. Of course, they are missing some of the Schinia so this just might be one of those. Anyway it's a start, but it sure looks like Schinia to us.
… john and jane balaban, 19 July, 2008 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks; I'll check.
A starting place is certainly welcome. I know next to nothing about moths.

(Written later: Looks good, but apparently we don't have this species at Bug Guide yet.
… Ron Hemberger, 19 July, 2008 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Heliothodes
Looks very close to a variation of Heliothodes diminutiva in the Vargo collection:


© Jim Vargo

This is however, a tough group that could benefit from some revision.
… Jason D. Roberts, 7 August, 2008 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, J.D.
Looks like this one won't be esy.
… Ron Hemberger, 7 August, 2008 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

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