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Photo#242773
unknown micro side - Aethes angustana

unknown micro side - Aethes angustana
Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
August 8, 2008
Size: 7mm approx.
The side view of this well-marked but unknown micro moth

Images of this individual: tag all
unknown micro side - Aethes angustana unknown micro - top - Aethes angustana

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Moved from Moths.

Not Aethes smeathmanniana.....
.... I erred in suggesting this to you elswhere. It is either (new numbers at MPG) 3758.20 Aethes mymara or 3754.10 Aethes angustana. Angustana is the older of the two names.

Michael Sabourin, Referee for Cochylini at Moth Photographers Group, informs me that "mymara tends to be slightly paler than [angustana], but they are not readily separated without disection."

Thus, it would be appropriate to show all photographs thought to be of either species under "3754.10 - Aethes angustana species group," with a taxonomic note on the species or guide page similar to that given here. We will eventually be doing this at MPG for a great many pairs (or larger groups) of species that are separable only by genitalic or DNA studies.

 
Aethes angustana species group
I made a species group page and moved the pictures from Aethes mymara to the species group page here.

It looks like
it might be the same as this one.

 
Thanks
It certainly looks pretty close. I've also been pointed towards 3760.3 - Aethes smeathmanniana.Obviously there are a few look-alikes in this genus.

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