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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Bryophilinae » Cryphia » Cryphia nana - Hodges#9291 (Cryphia nana)
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Moth for ID - Cryphia nana
Copyright © 2013 Mark Dreiling

Moth for ID - Cryphia nana
Santee, San Diego County, California, USA
October 9, 2013
Size: Forewing length 10 mm
Found at UV light near Santee Lakes.

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Contributed by Mark Dreiling on 12 October, 2013 - 4:17am
Last updated 14 December, 2019 - 2:27am

Moved
Moved from Cryphia.
… Steve Nanz, 14 December, 2019 - 2:27am login or register to post comments

Cryphia nana?
I think the images of Cryphia nana at both MPG and BugGuide are misidentified. This seems to match the original description better and the type locality is San Diego. I'll do some more checking to see if we can get a better determination.
… Steve Nanz, 20 May, 2019 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Update
The true identity of Cryphia nana is unclear. There may be confusion with a similar species in another genus which requires further research according to Chris Schmidt.
… Steve Nanz, 22 May, 2019 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

 
Mustelin comment
Tomas Mustelin suggested on the Facebook Southwestern Moths site for my best image of one of these that it is likely C. nana that occurs in coastal San Diego county. Norris Bloomfield has the only C. nana specimen in BOLD - collected in Borderfield State Park near Tijuana. The C. nana in its BugGuide were collected well to the north and inland.
… Mark Dreiling, 5 December, 2019 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

 
A better specimen
has been found and is shown here -- BugGuide
… Mark Dreiling, 14 September, 2019 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Maury J. Heiman, 12 October, 2013 - 11:50pm login or register to post comments

Cryphia flavidior or C. olivacea.
Jim Troubridge, to whom I sent the photos, thinks this looks like 9289 - Cryphia flavidior or possibly 9287 - C. olivacea.
… Bob Patterson, 12 October, 2013 - 11:34pm login or register to post comments

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