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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Cactus-Feeding Group » Pricklypear Borer (Melitara)
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Alberada parabates ??? - Melitara
Copyright © 2012 A. Hendrickson

Alberada parabates ??? - Melitara
Camp Wood, Edwards County, Texas, USA
October 17, 2012
Size: 22 mm
Is this moth [Alberada parabates[/i] "The Transgrssor - Hodges # 5974??

It has been driving me crazy for 2 days! It has been the dominant moth at my sheet for 2 days. I have seen a number of very small moths that are similarly marked, but this one is about 1" long. I am submitting a comparative size picture also. You would think from my numbers that it is a common moth, but if my ID is correct, it is not common in Texas. If needed, I have a photograph on graph paper, but I might have caught one of the larger ones. I attempted the ID using BG Guide. See also and and

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Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 20 October, 2012 - 6:26pm
Last updated 28 October, 2017 - 8:41am

Moved
Moved from Melitara dentata.

After revisiting my BOLD results this may be M. doddalis. Although my results came back 100% M. dentata, BOLD did not make a species choice and my COI was only 586. There is a LOT of M. dentata DNA available but all of it was from Canada and mine were the only ones from Texas. There is only one BOLD tested M. doddalis (COI 658) and was from Uvalde and looks similar to mine. Several BOLD identified M. doddalis were from Texas but did not have DNA.
… A. Hendrickson, 28 October, 2017 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pyralid Moths.

All of these were collected at the same time and I had MANY of them each night. I sent a specimen to BOLD and it was identified as M. dentate. The record is TXLEP009-14.
… A. Hendrickson, 17 June, 2015 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pyraloidea.
… Kyhl Austin, 29 April, 2015 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
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