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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Ethmiinae » Ethmia » semilugens group (Ethmia semilugens group) » Ethmia arctostaphylella - Hodges#0979 (Ethmia arctostaphylella)
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Ethmia arctostaphylella? - Ethmia arctostaphylella
Copyright © 2013 Aaron Schusteff

Ethmia arctostaphylella? - Ethmia arctostaphylella
Frank Raines Park, Del Puerto Canyon, Stanislaus County, California, USA
September 1, 2013
Came to black light at dry wash in canyon among arid hills of the inner Diablo Range. Nearby habitats a mix of chaparral, sparse blue oak (Quercus douglasii) woodland, and grassland.

This looks like BugGuide posts of Ethmia arctostaphylella to me, compare with thumbs below:



Yerba santa (Eriodictyon californicum), one of the host plants for E. arctostaphylella was present in the area. (But I wonder why the epithet is arctostaphylella if the host plants are species of yerba santa rather than manzanita?)

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Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 6 September, 2013 - 3:21am
Last updated 29 January, 2014 - 9:22pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Maury J. Heiman, 29 January, 2014 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

For what it's worth I believe your ID is good
And yes, specific epithets can be very curious at times can't they?
… Chris Mallory, 6 September, 2013 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

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