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Hidges #5157 – Rhectocraspeda periusalis – Eggplant Webworm Moth ? - Herpetogramma phaeopteralis
Copyright © 2013 A. Hendrickson

Hidges #5157 – Rhectocraspeda periusalis – Eggplant Webworm Moth ? - Herpetogramma phaeopteralis
Houston, 77063, Harris County, Texas, USA
October 9, 2013
Size: apx. 9 mm long

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Hidges #5157 – Rhectocraspeda periusalis – Eggplant Webworm Moth ? - Herpetogramma phaeopteralis Hidges #5157 – Rhectocraspeda periusalis – Eggplant Webworm Moth ? - Herpetogramma phaeopteralis
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Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 10 October, 2013 - 10:31am
Last updated 24 August, 2014 - 1:01pm

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… A. Hendrickson, 24 August, 2014 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 10 November, 2013 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

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I'm thinking these are different individuals. If so, go ahead and un-link them, if you don't mind.

I see moths like this a lot. My guess is that they're H. phaeopteralis, and I posted one once, but didn't get confirmation either way.
… John Schneider, 10 November, 2013 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
very much for this information. I went back and checked the numbers on my photographs and I think they are the same individual. I really try to be careful about that. However, I took voluminous numbers of pictures of numerous individuals trying to get a clear picture of the lines. I looked at other posts of #5274 and I thought Robert Zimilich's photos #341453 and#708301 looked a lot like what I saw in the totality of what I photographed. The PM line was continuous on the "younger" specimen. I didn't see this one last year, but I have had nothing but those here in Houston this year!

Shoule I unlink them just in case?
… A. Hendrickson, 10 November, 2013 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

 
I think it's ok to
I think it's ok to leave them linked.
… John Schneider, 10 November, 2013 - 10:48pm login or register to post comments

Herpetogramma phaeopteralis?
I'd sooner think Herpetogramma phaeopteralis, but Rhectocraspeda periusalis isn't a species I'm familiar with...
… Paul Dennehy, 10 October, 2013 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

 
..
I am sure you are right. I thought mine had more of a completed curve to the PM line, but at least this one has been seen in Houston. I get blurry eyed trying to read the lines on these. Thank you for the help. Is this an ID?
… A. Hendrickson, 10 October, 2013 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

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