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Photo#668428
moth without ID - Hypsopygia nostralis

moth without ID - Hypsopygia nostralis
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
June 12, 2012
Size: 10-15 mm
At light; cannot identify - not Arta and not Parachma, I believe, but what about Condylolomia participalis that is not listed for Florida. Unfortunately no view of posture and legs.

Ocrasa nostralis - Hodges#5531 appears most likely
Moved from ID Request.

Does not appear to have the "shoulders" (bulky near wing base) and the greenish color is variable. A view of the forelegs is always helpful with this group.

 
Ocrasa
Thank you , Maury, for providing the ID so promptly. I actually had marked Ocrasa from Bob Patterson’s gallery and then ignored it – presumably because of wing color. My mistake. I noticed that MPG puts nostralis into genus Hypsopygia, and BugGuide into Ocrasa. Is this unsettled?

 
Hypsopygia
Peter, Hypsopygia is the current genus. Bug Guide was outdated but I fixed it. The photos will take some time to make the move as the system catches up.
Thanks for noticing the error!

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