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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Dancing Moths (Dryadaulidae) » Dryadaula
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Unknown Tineid - Dryadaula
Copyright © 2013 Ken Childs

Unknown Tineid - Dryadaula
Henderson, Chester County, Tennessee, USA
August 27, 2013
A distinctive looking moth but I haven't been able to find a match.
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Contributed by Ken Childs on 19 September, 2013 - 12:44pm
Last updated 25 September, 2013 - 2:46pm

Moved
Moved from Clothes Moths.
… Ken Childs, 25 September, 2013 - 2:46pm login or register to post comments

Dryadaula
This is something in Dryadaula (Tineidae). I can't sight ID it because there are look-alike spp. that are, however, very different on male genitalia.
… Terry Harrison, 25 September, 2013 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Terry! Visually, t
Thanks, Terry!

Visually, the closest match on MPG and BOLD is 307 Dryadaula visaliella.
… Ken Childs, 25 September, 2013 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

 
BOLD Caution
The original description here does not appear to match yours very well but there seems to be a lot of variation within species of this genus. The species page at BOLD for Dryadaula visaliella is not reliable as it contains three groups (BINs) which appear to be genetically too distant to be the same species: BOLD:ACA7671, and BOLD:AAV6730, and BOLD:AAV6731. They are not even each other's closest neighbors.

For what it's worth, I think sample ID CNCLEP00121736, which is in BOLD:ACA7671, matches the description best.
… Steve Nanz, 19 May, 2016 - 4:19am login or register to post comments

 
Dryadaula
Yes, it does look like that species; the only problem is that there is an undescribed species that I can't differentiate from D. visaliella on sight (although the two are massively different on male genitalia), and the majority of specimens that I have dissected from the central USA have been the undescribed one.
… Terry Harrison, 25 September, 2013 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

Undescribed?
Nothing on MPG... different family?
… Fyn Kynd, 24 September, 2013 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

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