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Black-marked Plume Moth - Hodges#6186 (Hellinsia inquinatus)
Photo#72538
Copyright © 2006
John Young
ID Me Please -
Hellinsia inquinatus
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA
August 22, 2006
Size: 24-25 mm wingspan
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Contributed by
John Young
on 23 August, 2006 - 10:04pm
Last updated 22 September, 2013 - 2:06pm
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John R. Maxwell
, 22 September, 2013 - 2:06pm
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6186 -- Plume Moth -- Hellinsia inquinatus [tentative]
... this moth has a rather distinctive set of abdominal markings. According to Debbie Matthews, Referee for Lepidoptera at MPG, it can tentatively be assigned to this species as "probable or most likely." But to be absolutely certain the genitalia would have to be examined by a specialist.
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Bob Patterson
, 23 August, 2006 - 11:29pm
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Plume Moth
Its some type of Plume Moth but I'm not sure what genus.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/4561
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Ethan Kistler
, 23 August, 2006 - 10:13pm
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