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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Ermine Moths (Yponomeutidae) » Yponomeutinae » Zelleria » Zelleria ochroplagiata - Hodges#2428 (Zelleria ochroplagiata)

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Copyright © 2012 Chuck Sexton

Unidentified Moth - Zelleria ochroplagiata

n.w. Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
December 19, 2012
Size: FW 6.5mm, TL 7.5mm

I thought I was getting close when looking through the genus Mompha but it doesn't seem to match any available images. Might not even been in the Momphinae. At porchlight in wooded (juniper-oak-elm) suburban area.

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Contributed by Chuck Sexton on 20 December, 2012 - 11:49am
Last updated 21 January, 2023 - 3:28am

Moved

Moved from Yponomeutinae. Thanks, everyone!

… Chuck Sexton, 21 January, 2023 - 3:28am

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or semitincta

Aaron emailed me to correct an error I made and he mentioned that he could not eliminate semitincta and wondered if the two might be synonyms. I agree. To my knowledge we have only the original description of semitincta to go on which lacks details.

Not sure yet but I may add #1935702 to ochroplagiata with an explanation about semitincta being possible.

… Steve Nanz, 21 January, 2023 - 4:32am

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Zelleria ochroplagiata?

#1935702 seems to be an even better match to the holotype and original description.

… Steve Nanz, 20 January, 2023 - 5:47am

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Moved

Moved from Fringe-tufted Moths.

… Aaron Hunt, 8 March, 2020 - 12:28pm

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Yponomeutinae?

I wonder if this might be Zelleria or Kessleria…

… Aaron Hunt, 3 October, 2019 - 1:28pm

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Moved

Moved from Moths.
Moved tentatively.

… Charley Eiseman, 3 May, 2014 - 3:30pm

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Epermeniidae?

This doesn't look gelechioid, because of the short labial palps and rough head vestiture. To my eye, it keeps coming back to Epermeniidae, but I don't know the spp. of that group, and the only revision for North America shows genitalia images only, not the moths (plus, it could well be an undescribed species). Dissection would immediately shed light on the situation. You didn't happen to collect it?

… Terry Harrison, 17 April, 2014 - 9:49am

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