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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Lichen Moths (Lithosiini) » Lithosiina » Crambidia » Dark Gray Lichen Moth - Hodges#8045 (Crambidia lithosioides)
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Crambidia lithosioides - male
Copyright © 2013 Ken Childs

Crambidia lithosioides - Male
Henderson, Chester County, Tennessee, USA
August 2, 2013
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Contributed by Ken Childs on 14 September, 2013 - 9:09pm

Not Sure
James Adams does not think this is lithosioides though he's not sure. We are wondering if it might be an undescribed species. James explains that there are several which currently are treated as pallida. Check "Crambidia nr. pallida" at BOLD. Looking at the Crambidia tree, it seems like a legitimate species ranging TX east into FL and north into MD. I'm removing it at MPG for now but I'm really not sure what to do at BugGuide. Also, I'm not convinced that it can't be lithosioides because you have a series which seems to grade from dark examples to very pale ones like this. But maybe you have additional information on this.
… Steve Nanz, 6 August, 2018 - 5:13am login or register to post comments

 
The ID is based on the antenn
The ID is based on the antennae. Hugh McGuinness looked at the specimens at the USNM and says that C. lithosioides males are the only ones of these similar Crambidia sp. that have pectinate antennae. The pics on BOLD of "Crambidia nr. pallida" aren't all that clear but they don't appear to have antennae like my moth.
… Ken Childs, 6 August, 2018 - 8:54am login or register to post comments

 
Reconfirmed
Hugh checked again and reconfirms that this is lithosioides so sorry for questioning.
… Steve Nanz, 23 September, 2018 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

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