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Moth for ID - Chlorochlamys - female
Copyright © 2013 Mark Dreiling

Moth for ID - Chlorochlamys - Female
Santee, San Diego County, California, USA
July 30, 2013
Size: Forewing length 10 mm
Found at UV light near Santee Lakes.
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Contributed by Mark Dreiling on 31 July, 2013 - 3:06pm
Last updated 13 January, 2018 - 7:22pm

Moved
Moved from Emeralds.
… Bob Biagi, 13 January, 2018 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

Chlorochlamys
This is a Chlorochlamys sp - both Chlorochlamys appellaria and Chlorochlamys triangularis have forms with dark gray shading or speckling along the pm am lines, often on a ground color that is pale instead of green - and both occur in southern California. They can be hard to distinguish without genitalic characters. I think you can be confident it is one of those two, but I'm not able to make a definitive determination for this moth at that locality without genitalic characters. You can see images on our website here:

http://moths.friendscentral.org/chlorochlamys-appellaria.html
http://moths.friendscentral.org/chlorochlamys-triangularis.html
… John Gruber, 18 February, 2017 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

Chlorochlamys sp.
Since the AM line is missing from the hind-wing, this must be a weakly marked example of one of your others, in the genus Chlorochlamys. I'm not experienced enough yet, to tell you the species, sorry! (orange costa & face)
… Bob Biagi, 1 November, 2016 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

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