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brown moth in NOW trap - Amyelois transitella - male

brown moth in NOW trap - Amyelois transitella - Male
Delano, Tulare County, California, USA
September 6, 2011
Size: about 13 mm
I catch dozens of this moth in traps with lures for the navel orangeworm. It is about the same size and shape as the NOW. I can't find it in "Moths of Western North America". I suppose it is a Pyralidae, but maybe Crambidae or Tortricidae. I would be grateful for some help.

NOW color phase
According to Brad Higbee of Paramount Farms and Chuck Burks of USDA-ARS in Parlier, California, this is actually a color phase of navel orangeworm. In my traps around Delano, the two color phases, gray and brown, occur in equal numbers.

I have not seen any pictures of the brown phase on the NOW management guides for University of California or elsewhere. This needs to be better publicized, as this looks very different than the standard pictures of the gray phase.

Moved
Moved from Pyraloidea.

Moved
Moved from Pyraloidea.

moth ID
Are you sure what you've got there isn't a Mediterranean flour moth?

 
Not Ephestia
Quite sure this is not Mediterranean Flour Moth. But thanks.

Pyraloidea
I'm pretty sure this is a Crambidae or Pyralidae, so I'm putting it here in the hope that someone will recognize it.

Moved
Moved from Moths.

It's a long shot ...
perhaps a worn Agrotis?

 
Probably not Agrotis.
Thanks. I think Agrotis is larger than this. Actually, this specimen is in pretty good shape.

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