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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Palthis » Dark-spotted Palthis - Hodges#8397 (Palthis angulalis)
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Moth with antenna-like palps - Palthis angulalis
Copyright © 2008 Armin Hinterwirth

Moth with antenna-like palps - Palthis angulalis
Big Beef Research Station, Kitsap County, Washington, USA
July 19, 2008
Size: ~10 mm
The antennae of this little moth are plain & filiform (barely visible above the eye in this picture), but its mouthparts have a plume-like structure... any idea what kind of moth this is? Thanks.

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Contributed by Armin Hinterwirth on 25 July, 2008 - 11:30am
Last updated 30 January, 2010 - 4:28pm

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Pretty sure Illia-Shaundra Chavez is right. I'm guessing that the moth parts were not expanded when the moth was live.
… Steve Nanz, 30 January, 2010 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

I've never seen such
Palps - But I know by wing pattern and shape, that is the Dark Spotted Palthis, Palthis angulalis.
… Illia-Shaundra Chavez, 25 July, 2008 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I'll try and look at the moth from other angles as well to get a better sense of the wing patterns and shape.
… Armin Hinterwirth, 29 July, 2008 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

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