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Whip-marked Snout Moth - Hodges#4795 (Microtheoris vibicalis)
Photo#643993
Copyright © 2012
john and jane balaban
A mix of medium size Pyralid-like guys -
Microtheoris vibicalis
Marathon, Brewster County, Texas, USA
April 26, 2012
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Contributed by
john and jane balaban
on 19 May, 2012 - 3:44pm
Last updated 11 October, 2019 - 10:27am
Moved to Microtheoris vibicalis
Moved from
Yellow-veined Moth
.
Tentative ID. I agree with Russell Pfau but I think there is still some small uncertainty.
There are several subspecies of
ophionalis
described in Munroe (1972), MONA Fascicle 13.1B. Unfortunately, the illustrations are in a separate volume which is out of print and has not been available used for years, at least when I have checked.
A strongly oblique am. band separates
vibicalis
from
ophionalis
. This feature is faintly seen in both this and the image by Russell Pfau referenced below. However, faintly marked
ophionalis
can have shading in the am to medial area which approaches Russell Pfau's example.
The inward pointing tooth on the pm. band near the inner margin mentioned in a comment by Russell Pfau does seem to be evident on all barcoded examples of
ophionalis
and none of the
vibicalis
examples. Paratypes for
M. o. eremica
,
lacustris
and
occidentalis
are shown at BOLD and all have the tooth. There are also images identified as
baboquivariensis
which show the tooth. This feature is not mentioned by Munroe.
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Steve Nanz
, 11 October, 2019 - 10:27am
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Microtheoris ophionalis - Hodges #4796
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Maury J. Heiman
, 22 May, 2012 - 12:21pm
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M. vibicalis, I think
I think this is M. vibicalis. See barcoded specimen
here
along with my notes.
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Russell Pfau
, 8 October, 2019 - 8:02pm
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