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Can anyone tell me what kind of moth this is? - Diaphania
Copyright © 2012 Mary

Can anyone tell me what kind of moth this is? - Diaphania
Midlothian , Ellis County, Texas, USA
November 22, 2012
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Contributed by Mary on 26 November, 2012 - 2:18pm
Last updated 27 November, 2012 - 12:22am

Diaphania Moth
Moved from ID Request.

From the ventral side, I'm not sure I can be distinguish between Melonworm Moth (5204) and Cucumber Moth (5207), as the underside of both are white and both occur in Texas.
Robert
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 27 November, 2012 - 12:22am login or register to post comments

appears to be...
Melonworm Moth - Diaphania hyalinata
… Bob Barber, 26 November, 2012 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Diaphania
Diaphania indica is also possible in Texas
… Maury J. Heiman, 26 November, 2012 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Diaphania indica
Maury,
I compared specimens of each on BOLD. The only consistent difference I could find was that all the D. indica specimens have a wide, brown band around the abdomen, lining up with the brown borders. The D. hyalinata specimens do not have that band. I subquently found a written description of D. indica, consistent with my observations.
Robert
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 26 November, 2012 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Ive never seen a m
Thank you
Ive never seen a moth that looked like this = )
… Mary, 26 November, 2012 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Agree
Unmistakable

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 26 November, 2012 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

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