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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Sarata Series » Elasmopalpus » Lesser Cornstalk Borer - Hodges#5896 (Elasmopalpus lignosella)
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Small dark moth - Elasmopalpus lignosella
Copyright © 2011 Jim McCulloch

Small dark moth - Elasmopalpus lignosella
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
May 25, 2011
Size: ~10 mm

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Contributed by Jim McCulloch on 26 May, 2011 - 10:33am
Last updated 11 September, 2015 - 2:47pm

Moved to Elasmopalpus lignosellus
Moved from Pyralid Moths.

I see two dots, one just past the middle and one just before the middle near the inner margin. I think this is a female Elasmopalpus lignosellus.

The odd yellow collar visible in your other image which you questioned is visible on this one but not on the third image because the head is tilted up more and it is buried.
… Steve Nanz, 11 September, 2015 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

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