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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Glaphyriinae » Hellula
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large crambid - Hellula
Copyright © 2010 Chris Mallory

large crambid - Hellula
Crystal Cove, Orange County, California, USA
July 19, 2010
Size: FW length est 15-16mm
Reminded me of H. rogatalis, which is flying in Orange County right now, but much larger and with slightly different markings. H. kempae #4848 looks closest to me, but I dont know if it flies in the area... any help would be appreciated.
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Contributed by Chris Mallory on 22 July, 2010 - 1:19pm
Last updated 24 May, 2015 - 4:41pm

Moved
Moved from Crambid Snout Moths.
… Steve Nanz, 24 May, 2015 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

Not H. kempae
H. kempae does appear to be out of range. Any chance your measurement is off?
… Steve Nanz, 24 May, 2015 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

 
Not sure
It's been a few years since I took this photo, so I can't quite recall much about it. I did end up ruling out kempae a while back for the same reasons as you (when I initially made the guess, I don't think MPG integrated data maps yet so I had no idea about range). So I'm not really sure what this is - still doesn't strike me as H. rogatalis though. But maybe it is. Not sure.
… Chris Mallory, 24 May, 2015 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Moving to genus
I think it makes sense to park this at the genus level for now.
… Steve Nanz, 24 May, 2015 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pyraloidea.
… Kyhl Austin, 29 April, 2015 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

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