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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) » Crambine Snout Moths (Crambinae) » Grass-Veneers (Crambini) » Crambus » Crambus ainslieellus - Hodges#5354 (Crambus ainslieellus)
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Crambus ainsliellus - Hodges #5354 - Crambus ainslieellus
Copyright © 2011 Robert A. Martin

Crambus ainsliellus - Hodges #5354 - Crambus ainslieellus
East Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA
September 18, 2010
Size: small
Attracted to blacklights.
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Contributed by Robert A. Martin on 29 January, 2011 - 6:06pm
Last updated 19 November, 2013 - 3:10pm

Crambus sp?
I'd love to know how this was determined as ainsliellus. To me, the moth looks too worn to determine and the photo is taken at such a disadvantageous angle that the key marks cannot be accurately discerned. Since this is the only living image of ainsliellus on the web, I think a conservative approach should be taken.
… Hugh McGuinness, 20 February, 2017 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the comment Hugh,
Thanks for the comment Hugh, and I agree. I took the photo 7 years ago, and do not recall what resources I used to ID it. The photo has been submitted to the Lep. Soc. and the ID was confirmed.

These days I take much better moth species photos in general, and each season I also collect a few specimens of rare species when I find them for experts to examine. Last fall I sent specimens of Lithophane itata 9920, Lithophane tarda 9918, and Sympistis seth 10093.3 to Chuck Harp at CSU. My three S. seth specimens are having DNA analysis conducted.

Have a great season, Bob
… Robert A. Martin, 20 February, 2017 - 10:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Crambus.
… Maury J. Heiman, 19 November, 2013 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Jason D. Roberts, 7 July, 2011 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Moths.
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