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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Scavenger Moths (Blastobasidae) » Scavenger Moths (Blastobasinae) » Holcocerini » Hypatopa
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Gelechioid - Hypatopa? - Hypatopa
Copyright © 2022 Peter Homann

Gelechioid - Hypatopa? - Hypatopa
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
April 4, 2022
Size: Forewing 5-6mm
At outdoor light in the evening. A gelechioid conundrum: I did not expect finding a good match in MPG so quickly but the matching species would be way out of range here in North Florida. Yet, I still wonder whether my moth can join BugGuide's "tentative" Hypatopa vestaliella. Did I misse some other more appropriate match? (It does not look to be the more southern relative 1208 H. punctiferella)
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Contributed by Peter Homann on 7 April, 2022 - 10:58am
Last updated 12 April, 2022 - 10:12am

Wild guess
Perhaps 1214 Hypatopa spretella - shown in MPG, without inmages, as a North Florida species.
… Peter Homann, 15 August, 2022 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths. Some other species, I think
… Aaron Hunt, 12 April, 2022 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

 
I wished I had caught and kept it
Thank you Aaron. This genus appears to largely be a "museum genus," #1214 H. spretella being the only one shown for North Florida on the MPG map.
… Peter Homann, 12 April, 2022 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

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