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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Litini » Sinoe
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Micromoth w/ complicated pattern - Sinoe
Copyright © 2010 John Schneider

Micromoth w/ complicated pattern - Sinoe
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
May 13, 2010
Size: ~5 mm long
Teleiodes proximella? Fairly common at UV light.

[6/6/11 edit: The initial upload was on 5/13/10, of a lateral image. Then on 5/16/10, I uploaded and linked a dorsal image that I thought was the same specimen, but it turns out that it wasn't. Apparently I had the photo dates mixed up.

[I've now unlinked those images. Since Bugguide was still left with a lateral image of one individual and a dorsal of the other, I also went ahead and added the missing views, so that we now have a dorsal and lateral image of each individual.]

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Contributed by John Schneider on 13 May, 2010 - 1:31am
Last updated 14 October, 2014 - 4:07am

Please see my edited remarks.
^
… John Schneider, 7 June, 2011 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved to Sinoe
Moved from Twirler Moths.

Tentative ID. I think the MPG images of Teleiodes proximella may be misidentified.
… Steve Nanz, 28 November, 2010 - 12:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Chris Grinter, 11 August, 2010 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

Just noticed another discussion
about a same or similar species. The genus Sinoe is also mentioned.
… John Schneider, 16 May, 2010 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

Looks Like a Good Match for Other Photos - 1881.1
(no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 13 May, 2010 - 3:27am login or register to post comments

 
just noticed similar moth at MPG
Bob, I just now noticed Jason Dombroskie's MPG image at Hodges #1833.97 ("Coleotechnites spp."). It's one of the images on this linked page. I'm not sure mine is the same species, but could it at least be the same genus? My moth appears to have (hints of) tufts on the wings and to hold its wings like the moths on that page. Mine's wings also appear shorter than T. proximella's (1881.1), now that I look at them again.

I have now added a dorsal photo, which also shows a (distinctive?) caret-shaped mark just behind the head. This mark is pretty consistent from individual to individual, based on observations at my light.

Thank you for your interest and comments!
… John Schneider, 16 May, 2010 - 2:15am login or register to post comments

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