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Gall moth - Pyroderces

Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
January 18, 2014

Several round galls were removed from the stem of a sand live oak (Quercus geminate). They were placed in a small glass and a porous cloth was attached to the top. Several days later, this moth was found in the bottom of the glass. I assume that this microlepidopteran emerged from one of the galls. The length of its body is less than 4 mm. I estimate that its wingspan is 10 to 12 mm.

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Gall moth - Pyroderces

Gall moth - Pyroderces

Gall moth - Pyroderces

Gall moth - Pyroderces

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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 18 January, 2014 - 2:10pm
Last updated 7 July, 2014 - 12:39am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Charley Eiseman, 21 January, 2014 - 6:37pm

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Pyroderces

This is one of the two "pink scavenger worm" moth species of the genus Pyroderces (Cosmopterigidae), both of which occur in Florida.

… Terry Harrison, 21 January, 2014 - 2:43pm

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Revised collection information.

Upon further examination today, I discovered that the moth did not emerge from what I thought was a gall. It was in a cocoon on a leaf of sand live oak. At the time I placed the leaf in a glass with what I thought were galls, I did not see the cocoon. Incidentally the gall in the original photograph turned out to be a female Kermes sp. scale.

Will this description affect your identification? Mark Deyrup, Senior research Biologist at Archibold Biological Station thought it was a species in Family Coleophoridae or Family Blastobasidae.

I am going to add a photograph of the cocoon.

… Susan Leach Snyder, 21 January, 2014 - 3:00pm

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Pyroderces

Thanks for the additional info. The ID is still Pyroderces, the only question being which of the two spp. it is.

… Terry Harrison, 21 January, 2014 - 7:19pm

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Thanks!

Thanks so much for your identification!!!

… Susan Leach Snyder, 21 January, 2014 - 8:52pm

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one of the

Pterophoridae: Plume Moths - info available here:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/4561

… Marcia Morris, 19 January, 2014 - 9:58am

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Thanks!

I certainly appreciate the identification and link to the information about this moth.

… Susan Leach Snyder, 19 January, 2014 - 10:05am

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