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Photo#831049
Cochylini - Aethes argentilimitana

Cochylini - Aethes argentilimitana
Odenton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
July 5, 2013
Attracted to balcony light. IDed by BAMONA as a Rings' Cochylid Moth. Third record and first Maryland record for BG if you agree.

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Cochylini - Aethes argentilimitana Cochylini - Aethes argentilimitana

Updated images
I updated the two images with reprocessed ones just now.

(The old photos were of quite poor quality. I was still learning both raw image processing in mid 2013, and it showed. The new images show the same moth from the same raw image files, just processed better.)

 
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I still have your old images. The new images are much better. Thanks!

Not sure if you saw the email I sent. It did not include my personal observations which lead to the my questioning images like yours. From what I could tell A. argentilimitana can have the dark bands edged with reflective gold like C. ringsi. However, ringsi appears to lack such a well defined forked subterminal band and the am. band fades basally with ground color at the base. You can see examples similar to yours at BOLD in BOLD:AAB7231, which is the BIN for A. argentilimitana.

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3754.2 – Aethes argentilimitana?
Not sure BAMONA has it right. Who identified it?

 
BAMONA link
See https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/909754

 
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I’m guessing that the identification of your image was based on misidentified Aethes argentilimitana at MPG. I'll email you more information.

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