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Little moth - Petrophila jaliscalis
Copyright © 2014 sarinole

Little moth - Petrophila jaliscalis
Lake Creek Trail, williamson County, Texas, USA
April 17, 2014
Size: 1/4-1/2"
Very tiny. Flitted through the tall grasses.

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Little moth - Petrophila jaliscalis Little moth - Petrophila jaliscalis
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Contributed by sarinole on 20 April, 2014 - 1:40am
Last updated 20 April, 2014 - 11:28am

Moved to Petrophila jaliscalis
Moved from ID Request.

Thank you for your contribution. We will keep this image for the guide
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 20 April, 2014 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

Genus Petrophila
take a look at this one:



and this one:



I like the match with Petrophila confusalis - Hodges #4780
because both basal and median white lines at the am line are clearly defined with black
… Marcia Morris, 20 April, 2014 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

 
Petrophila jaliscalis
Petrophila confusalis is west coast and only in late summer

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 20 April, 2014 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

 
FYI
BOLD has confusalis from Maryland but it's in a jaliscalis BIN. I think this genus is a mess and I'm not trusting many of the sources including BOLD.
… Steve Nanz, 29 July, 2015 - 4:57am login or register to post comments

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