110412 ? - Siskiwitia - BugGuide.Net

Moved

Moved from Cyphacma.

… Steve Nanz, 9 March, 2023 - 3:23am

Moved

Moved from Twirler Moths and kin.

… Steve Nanz, 3 February, 2019 - 9:40am

Cyphacma tragiae?

… Kyhl Austin, 24 December, 2018 - 5:07pm

Out of range?

May be out of range. From what I can find, the known host plant is Tragia cordata which only gets as far south as the Florida Panhandle. But there are other species in Tragia found further south. Braun quotes Meyrick who suggests that in in life C. chalcozela must resemble a small beetle.

There's a similar bug by Gregory Raterman from Texas, photo #873538.

… Steve Nanz, 17 January, 2019 - 4:27am

Siskiwitia

This looks like a Siskiwitia - either S. falcata or maybe a new species in the Tampa Bay area. Was there lead tree (Leucaena) in the vicinity? That's what I reared it out of a few years ago.

… Jim Hayden, 8 March, 2023 - 7:14pm

I do not recall

Lead tree in that yard.

… Ken Allen, 8 March, 2023 - 9:40pm

I collected quite a few of the larvae in September

Unfortunately, most died as prepupae. I’ll have to try again next season.

… Aaron Hunt, 24 December, 2018 - 5:10pm

Moved

Moved from Moths.

… Kyhl Austin, 26 February, 2016 - 9:58pm

Found another?

Unidentified moth from St. Vincent and the Grenadines:

… Steve Nanz, 17 December, 2015 - 4:55am

More Photos?

Do you have any more photos, even bad ones from different angles?

… Steve Nanz, 25 September, 2014 - 4:21pm

Sorry, but no

… Ken Allen, 25 September, 2014 - 4:39pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John F. Carr, 1 December, 2012 - 2:33pm

haha

this has been baffling me (and Kyle). Honestly at first glance I'd hesitate to assign an order. Thinking it's a moth, and although I have ZERO expertise with them, I've been snooping around and thinking it may be one of the Nepticulidae?

… Blaine Mathison, 6 November, 2012 - 10:48am

Thanks for weighing in Blaine.

I would be hesitant to put it there, or anywhere else. I pulled it out today and looked at it with a loupe. My eyes are not good enough to tell me much about it. I did get a better measurement. It is 2.5mm in total length. It jumps like a hopper or clicker. If I am unable to come up with better photos, I may send it to you to look at under the microscope.

… Ken Allen, 6 November, 2012 - 11:19am

yes

i hopper is a possibility. I'd start in Fulguroidea. I will snoop around more. Let's try and narrow it down more to see someone better to send it to.

… Blaine Mathison, 6 November, 2012 - 11:23am

I would lean on Nepticulidae.

I would lean on Nepticulidae. If you can look at the base of the antenna, if there is large expanded eye-cap that covers most of the eye, then it probably is.

… Jason J. Dombroskie, 15 November, 2012 - 6:01am

Opostegidae?

Could this be something in Opostegidae?

… Steve Nanz, 18 April, 2015 - 10:12am