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Concealer Moth - Decantha boreasella
Copyright © 2011 JC Jones

Concealer Moth - Decantha boreasella
Spiderweb, Aiken County, South Carolina, USA
April 10, 2011
Attracted to light.

One of the Decantha species (Hodges#1042 or 1043)?

Supported as Decantha boreasella (Hodges#1042) on BAMONA
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Contributed by JC Jones on 12 April, 2011 - 4:47pm
Last updated 2 July, 2011 - 8:04am

Moved
Moved from Decantha.
… JC Jones, 2 July, 2011 - 8:02am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… JC Jones, 16 April, 2011 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

Can see the confusion
I'm thinking your markings are more consistent with Decantha stonda - Hodges#1045.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 12 April, 2011 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Actually...
one problem I saw with D. stonda (Hodges#1045) is that it's range appears to be west of the Mississippi. All BG submissions are from west of the Mississippi and the range map at Butterflies and Moths of North America shows the same thing. The South Carolina Moths Checklist doesn't list it as having been found here. Though, I have to agree, the markings are consistent with D. stonda.

D. stecia (Hodges#1043) is a possibility, at least it's known from South Carolina, but the area right behind the head is a dark color in the images I have seen of it. South Carolina Moths Checklist shows it reported from one SC county in the area where Ga., Tenn., SC., and NC. come together and from two counties near Charleston, SC.

D. boreasella (Hodges#1042) is also shown in the South Carolina Moths Checklist in the same two counties near Charleston, SC. and from a county near Columbia, SC (this is very close to where I live in Aiken, SC).

I'll move it to genus level in a couple days, unless someone ID's it to species level.
… JC Jones, 12 April, 2011 - 11:46pm login or register to post comments

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