Species Pseudobryomima muscosa - Mossy Pseudobryomima - Hodges#9599

9599

MUSCOSA: from the Latin "muscus" (moss); probably refers to the "mossy" greenish shading on the forewing, and is the origin of the suggested common name above

one of 3 species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps

wingspan about 27 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG

Adult: forewing dark gray mixed with greenish shading and white spots and speckling, giving an overall dark mottled appearance; three or four small white spots around reniform spot; AM and PM lines jagged, inconspicuous against ground color; subterminal line jagged, irregular, with slightly paler shading beyond it; hindwing dark brownish-gray, paler basally, with dark discal spot and pale yellowish fringe

British Columbia to California

adults fly in late summer in the north

Pseudobryomima distans forewing is pale with large dark patches in median and subterminal areas; Pseudobryomima fallax forewing is paler with yellowish shading in basal area, pale reniform spot, and mostly whitish hindwing (see pinned adult images of P. distans and P. fallax at CDFA) - the above species probably don't occur north of California, as they are missing from the Oregon and Canada lists linked to in Internet References section below

Cryphia species are similar but the forewing lacks a subterminal line, and the body is more slender and delicate (see pinned adult images of 2 species at CBIF)

pinned adult image (CBIF)

pinned adult image and photos of related genera/species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)

presence in Oregon; list (Oregon State U.)

presence in California; list (U. of California at Berkeley)

distribution in Canada British Columbia only (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)