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Battaristis concinnusella - Hodges#2225 (Battaristis concinnusella)
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Copyright © 2011
Carl Barrentine
Gelechiidae: Battaristis nigratomella? -
Battaristis concinnusella
Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
July 17, 2011
Size: Length ~ 7-8 mm
This specimen may be an example of Battaristis nigratomella (Hodges #2227). It resembles this BG image:
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Contributed by
Carl Barrentine
on 17 July, 2011 - 4:20pm
Last updated 18 August, 2011 - 6:58pm
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Charley Eiseman
, 18 August, 2011 - 6:58pm
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Battaristis concinusella
This is another eastern-USA species of
Battaristis
,
B. concinusella
. A good example is shown
here
. Note that the ground color of
B. concinusella
is a medium gray, as in your moth.
Battaristis nigratomella
, on the other hand, presents a noticeably paler aspect, with the costal edge of the forewing pure white in the basal half. For a good example, see
here
. Also, in
B. concinusella
, the roughly triangular patch at the very apex of the forewing (just anterad of the black dash) tends to appear speckled gray (each scale is gray with a whitish apex), whereas in
B. nigratomella
it is white.
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Terry Harrison
, 18 August, 2011 - 8:40am
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Excellent!
Thanks for contributing to my continuing entomological education, Terry! ;-)
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Carl Barrentine
, 18 August, 2011 - 11:00am
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