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Unidentified moth ??? - Filatima epulatrix
Copyright © 2009 Mark Dreiling

Unidentified moth ??? - Filatima epulatrix
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
April 9, 2009
This specimen is shown here: BOLD:AAA6308
Found at UV light near pond in wooded area of a flood plain.
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Contributed by Mark Dreiling on 10 April, 2009 - 12:36pm
Last updated 15 May, 2012 - 7:30pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 January, 2010 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

 
DNA results
Sorry about the delay on this one. It was down too far in my queue for processing.
DNA barcoding supports it as 2144 Filatima epulatrix, BOLD LPOKB162-09
This specimen is shown here BOLD as dorsal image LLL1132584
… Mark Dreiling, 19 January, 2010 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the update--
I moved the image tentatively since it appears on the Filatima sperryi species page at MPG, but I have now edited the guide page to reflect the BOLD ID.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 January, 2010 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

Looks Very Much Like a...............
.... paler version of an unidentified Filatima moth from my yard in Maryland. Also perhaps bears somewhat less resemblance to Chionodes aruns (in MONA Fascicle).
… Bob Patterson, 10 April, 2009 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

 
2174 – Filatima sperryi ?
Thanks for the tip. How about, after adding some color to it, 2174 – Filatima sperryi, at: MPG
… Mark Dreiling, 10 April, 2009 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

 
I Think Your Moth Lacks Too Much of the 2174 dark pattern.
Did you send a specimen to All-Leps?
… Bob Patterson, 10 April, 2009 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Not yet
It will be in the next box to go out, maybe in a month or two.
… Mark Dreiling, 10 April, 2009 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

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