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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Tineinae » Tinea » Western Clothes Moth - Hodges#0403 (Tinea occidentella)
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Moth - Tinea occidentella
Copyright © 2009 cwmelton

Moth - Tinea occidentella
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
September 6, 2009
Size: 9 mm
Elevation 5,000. ft.
Oak-Juniper Woodland.
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Contributed by cwmelton on 7 September, 2009 - 12:51pm
Last updated 9 September, 2009 - 12:27pm

Undescribed Tinea Species?
This looks different. You have a similar example, sample ID CMAZA067, at BOLD in BOLD:AAH5633 which is identified as Tinea niveocapitella. The location is close as is the date, 9/29/2009. It's nearest neighbors at ~96.4% similarity are in T. occidentella while niveocapitella samples are at ~91% if I throw out the one example of that species which is in the same BIN with occidentella.

At nearly 4%, sample ID CMAZA067 would appear to a a different, possibly undescribed species. Could you post that specimen?
… Steve Nanz, 23 December, 2016 - 3:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… cwmelton, 9 September, 2009 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

0403 - Tinea occidentella [T]
at least tentative until range is established. (no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 8 September, 2009 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

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