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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Concealer Moths (Oecophoridae) » Pleurotinae » Pleurota » Pleurota albastrigulella - Hodges#1074 (Pleurota albastrigulella)
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moth - Pleurota albastrigulella
Copyright © 2010 Chris Mallory

moth - Pleurota albastrigulella
Crystal Cove, Orange County, California, USA
May 22, 2010
I think it had a crambid-esque snout, but got blurred out of the photo possibly due to movement.
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Contributed by Chris Mallory on 23 May, 2010 - 6:15pm
Last updated 24 March, 2014 - 6:32pm

Moved
Moved from Gelechioidea.

Tentative ID. Sent this to Terry Harrison who agrees that this appears to represent P. albastrigulella. Nice work. It pointed me in the right direction for one of Mark's images as well.
… Steve Nanz, 24 March, 2014 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for looking into this one!
Great to see a couple of live images in the guide now for this species. Hope I can find this one again some time for better quality pics.
… Chris Mallory, 24 March, 2014 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Steve Nanz, 23 March, 2014 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

Pyralidae
I'm not sure it's a pyralid but if it is, it's probably in Peoriini.
… Steve Nanz, 1 January, 2014 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

or maybe a gelechoid?
Pleurota albastrigulella is similar but cant find any live images. If the palps were in focus on this shot it would be a much easier call.
… Chris Mallory, 14 June, 2010 - 1:14am login or register to post comments

 
I Agree
I thought those white marks near the end of the palps were artifacts but I am fairly sure that you are correct and that those are in fact the ends of the palps. Nice!

There are images on the web of other species within Pleurota from outside North America and your image looks good to me for that genus. I'm going to see if I can get an expert opinion on this. In the meantime you can check out images at British Lepidoptera here
… Steve Nanz, 23 March, 2014 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

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