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ID Request - Cacotherapia
Copyright © 2013 A. Hendrickson

ID Request - Cacotherapia
Camp Wood, Edwards County, Texas, USA
July 3, 2012
Size: apx 8 mm
I first had this moth ID'd as Green Cloverworm. I think that is incorrect, but I cannot find a replacement ID. It was very small and the first specimen seemed to have a green tint to it. This one did not. See second specimen
Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 8 January, 2013 - 3:35pm
Last updated 9 July, 2013 - 5:55pm

Moved
Moved from Pyralid Moths.
… Maury J. Heiman, 25 January, 2013 - 8:54am

Moved
Moved from Pyraloidea.
… A. Hendrickson, 11 January, 2013 - 5:13pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… A. Hendrickson, 11 January, 2013 - 5:11pm

Nope
No matter how worn a Hypena scabra, it will always have that diagnostic black horizontal line midway, connecting the inner margins of FW. I'm thinking James is correct about Cacotherapia
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 8 January, 2013 - 5:05pm

This
can be put in Cacotherapia (Pyralidae). I can not put it to species level.
… James McDermott, 8 January, 2013 - 4:00pm

 
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Thank you. Would it help if I posted another specimen. Unfortunately I played with the color to make it more green like my natural eye saw it, but I might be able to take some of that out.

Glad it wasn't easy for you either.
… A. Hendrickson, 8 January, 2013 - 4:58pm

 
Moth is not green
Most moths are named for the caterpillar. The Cloverworm Caterpillar is green, not the moth
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 8 January, 2013 - 5:14pm

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