Species Agriphila plumbifimbriellus - Hodges#5397

5397

From Latin plumbum- "lead (the metal)" + fimbriae- "fringe" + ella- diminutive ending

Forewing length 9-10.5 mm.(1)

Adult: forewing whitish to pale yellowish with dark brown speckling between veins, giving the wing a streaked appearance; thin dark ST line angles sharply near costa and extends toward base a considerable distance before touching costa; terminal line composed of black dots, surrounded by yellowish-orange shading that contrasts with paler color of remainder of wing; fringe scales dark brown to blackish.

Great Plains/prairies and mountain valleys of western United States and Canada.

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates. (The Georgia record is most likely an error)

Native grasslands.

Adults fly in June and July.(1)

Moth Photographers Group has records June through September in the West.MPG

Unknown, but larvae probably feed on grasses.

Closely resembles the Agriphila vulgivagella but that species lacks an ST line, and lacks yellowish-orange shading in terminal area that contrasts with pale color of remainder of forewing.

Powell, J. A., and P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 24.6m; p. 182.(1)

Moth Photographers Group

pinned adult image by C.D. Bird (Strickland Entomological Museum, U. of Alberta)

overview including habitat, flight season, identification [although the first part describes Agriphila ruricolella by mistake], distribution (Strickland Entomological Museum, U. of Alberta)

University of California, Berkeley - listed for California.