Moth - Lampronia oregonella

Moved

Moved from Lampronia russatella. I am pretty sure this is oregonella, not russatella. Compare the two at BOLD.

… Kyhl Austin, 20 November, 2015 - 11:44pm

Size?

Not only does it match BOLD, but aside from size it also matches the original 1880 description nicely. At the same time he described oregonella, Walsingham also described tripunctella which was later synonymised with russatella. The descriptions for tripunctella and russatella agree and they are definitely not this.

My only concern is that the WS is 22 mm for oregonella and 12-14 mm for russatella. Walsingham included plates which illustrates the size difference so it does not seem to be an error. It's a really big difference but I'm not seeing anything else at BOLD. Could the length of this example be more like 10-12 mm?

… Steve Nanz, 1 March, 2016 - 4:26am

Moved

Moved from Yucca Moths.

Steve, I think the others belong in Adelidae.
Thanks

… Maury J. Heiman, 12 February, 2012 - 11:21am

Done

Thanks for helping straighten this out.

If you have a chance could you check another image here?

… Steve Nanz, 12 February, 2012 - 4:32pm

looks like Lampronia russatella - Hodges #0175

Compare to the Moth Photographers Group photo.

The photos in Bug Guide under Lampronia russatella look more like Adela sp. The photo below was moved there and others followed.

… Maury J. Heiman, 12 February, 2012 - 9:56am

What do you Recommend?

My mistake on the image you site above but in my defense, I was following what was happening on Photo#126046. I agree that those must be Adelidae and probably Adela spp.

I thought so too about the genus for the Eigelsreiter image but the pattern didn't seem quite right for the species you mention and John Davis comments here that all records of Lampronia russatella are from eastern NA and Terry Harrison's comments seem to agree.

Should we move it to Lampronia? Also, what about the images currently in L. russatella? Move them to Adelidae perhaps?

… Steve Nanz, 12 February, 2012 - 11:14am

Moved

Moved from Gelechioidea.

… Steve Nanz, 12 February, 2012 - 9:36am

Incurvarioidea

Hah! Tricked you! Pretty sure this in Prodoxidae or Incurvariidae. Note the palps and fuzzy head.

Take a look at Lampronia and Greya.

… Steve Nanz, 11 February, 2012 - 5:05am

Thanks Steve

Yes you are right. I would go with Greya variabilis. The description, size and range from the "Moths of Western North America" fits.

… Suzanne Eigelsreiter, 12 February, 2012 - 8:00am

Perhaps...

I suspect it is something not documented in MPG or BugGuide. I think it's safe to at least move to family.

… Steve Nanz, 12 February, 2012 - 9:36am