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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Stenomatinae » Rectiostoma » Yellow-vested Moth  - Hodges#1026 (Rectiostoma xanthobasis)
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moth - Rectiostoma xanthobasis
Copyright © 2005 Jim McClarin

moth - Rectiostoma xanthobasis
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
July 20, 2005
Size: 6.5 mm head-to-wingtips
Came to UV lights.
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 17 September, 2005 - 6:30pm
Last updated 5 September, 2006 - 12:38am

genus and species pages moved
from Oecophoridae to Elachistidae: Stenomatinae as per the classification at All-Leps
… Robin McLeod, 5 September, 2006 - 12:44am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Robin.
:-)
… Jim McClarin, 5 September, 2006 - 6:10am login or register to post comments

1026 - Rectiostoma [Setiostoma] xanthobasis
Bob Patterson IDed this one that appears to be the same species:
… Jim McClarin, 9 June, 2006 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

Looks like I got one of these also.
It was pointed out to me that you had submitted one of these previously for ID. http://bugguide.net/node/view/56556
This was attracted to a UV light here in northeast Oklahoma. I did not measure mine directly and 6.5 mm would easily fit my scale.
… Mark Dreiling, 9 June, 2006 - 4:30am login or register to post comments

 
I measured mine
by holding a pencil up to the monitor screen, then seeing how many threads the moth's length equaled. I think I've forgotten how many threads equals what. I'll have to refigure it this summer :-)
… Jim McClarin, 9 June, 2006 - 6:17am login or register to post comments

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