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BG Gathering ID Request -- Cosmopterix - Cosmopterix astrapias
Copyright © 2013 John Schneider

BG Gathering ID Request -- Cosmopterix - Cosmopterix astrapias
Florida Station, SRER, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 28, 2013
I was wondering if this Cosmopterix from the 2013 Bugguide gathering can be ID'd to species from this photo. I was also surprised to see that BG doesn't have any Arizona images of this genus.

Edit: First BG image for this species.
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Contributed by John Schneider on 8 December, 2013 - 7:18pm
Last updated 21 December, 2023 - 11:42pm

I am not entirely convinced this is C. astrapias
...but I don't have a better suggestion.
… Kyhl Austin, 20 December, 2016 - 12:25am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cosmopterix inopis.

Cosmopterix astrapias
Koster (2010) states "the short oblique white line above the dorsal line near the base of the forewing is characteristic."

Nice work John!
… Maury J. Heiman, 8 December, 2013 - 11:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
^
… John Schneider, 8 December, 2013 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Maury J. Heiman, 8 December, 2013 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

Close to Cosmopterix inopis
Very nice! Looks close to the Koster (2010) photo of Cosmopterix inopis but maybe impossible to be certain from photos. Range might be helpful. Will do some more reading.
… Maury J. Heiman, 8 December, 2013 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Maury
I didn't realize that the full text of Koster (2010) is available online. Very cool! I tried keying it out myself just now. What would you think about C. astrapias?
… John Schneider, 8 December, 2013 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

 
astrapias may be a closer match.
I have been looking at moths too long today. Will check this out later.
Thanks
… Maury J. Heiman, 8 December, 2013 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

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