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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Plume Moths (Pterophoroidea) » Plume Moths (Pterophoridae) » Five-lobed Plume Moths (Pterophorinae) » Oidaematophorini » Hellinsia » Snout Plume Moth - Hodges#6233 (Hellinsia longifrons)
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Plume moth, maybe? - Hellinsia longifrons
Copyright © 2006 Ron Hemberger

Plume moth, maybe? - Hellinsia longifrons
Irvine Park, Orange, Orange County, California, USA
July 14, 2006
Found in a restroom. This photo is better for detail, the other for color.

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 14 July, 2006 - 5:25pm
Last updated 7 February, 2015 - 6:44pm

Moved
Moved from Plume Moths.
… Ron Hemberger, 7 February, 2015 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

Plume Moth
Yeah, I would say this is a Plume Moth. I have no idea which species though. :)
… Aaron Michael Peterson, 14 July, 2006 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes I'd say Plume Moth. Try
Yes I'd say Plume Moth.
Try Pselnophorus for a genus.
Different though - holds wings at about a 45 deg. angle.
… bnuts40, 14 July, 2006 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks to you both
I've seen only one other plume moth, which looked like an ornate crucifix. The simplicty and wing angle of this one had me wondering. And when I shot it, I saw only four legs.
… Ron Hemberger, 15 July, 2006 - 12:39am login or register to post comments

 
Looks like...
Looks like and they are in range: http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6233&state=CA
… Alice Abela, 6 February, 2015 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Alice.
Turns out the image was already at the link!
… Ron Hemberger, 7 February, 2015 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

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