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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 » Ceratophaga » Gopher Tortoise Moth - Hodges#0414 (Ceratophaga vicinella)
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Goldcap Moss-eater Moth? - Ceratophaga vicinella
Copyright © 2010 Lyn Atherton

Goldcap Moss-eater Moth? - Ceratophaga vicinella
Okeechobee County, Florida, USA
October 24, 2009
I think this may be the Goldcap Moss-eater Moth, Epimartyria auricrinella #0001, but I don't see an example on BG for comparison. The specimen example on MPG is no help, but the live example is similar except the head doesn't have nearly the amount of "fluffy" tan hairs on the head that the moth I photographed had. I wish I'd taken a lateral view for comparison with the MPG live example.
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Contributed by Lyn Atherton on 5 January, 2010 - 8:42pm
Last updated 6 February, 2012 - 4:54pm

Moved
Moved from Doleromorpha porphyria.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 February, 2012 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gopher Tortoise Moth.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 February, 2012 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

Ceratophaga vicinella
I previously posted an ID of Doleromorpha porphyria (and supporting argument for same) for this moth, but I have been informed that Don Davis has identified it as Ceratophaga vicinella. I will defer to Don's diagnosis.
… Terry Harrison, 3 February, 2012 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Clothes Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 February, 2010 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

0414 - Ceratophaga vicinella - Gopher Tortoise Moth
LOL, I keep finding them! I hope there is one there for me when I get there. Heppner lists them for March, May, June and October. But they are not really well known, so maybe we can add mid-February to the list.
… Bob Patterson, 3 February, 2010 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 9 January, 2010 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

Probably a Tineid sp.
Epimartyria are tiny, primitive northern species not found in Florida. It is to be hoped that your moth will be shown in a forthcoming MONA fascicle for Tineidae being worked on by Don Davis at the USNM. How soon it will be published is unknown.
… Bob Patterson, 5 January, 2010 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Possible Tineidae
Thanks, Bob. I'll keep this one in my "unidentified moths" category for now and wait for your update on its ID.
… Lyn Atherton, 6 January, 2010 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

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