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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Sun Moths (Heliodinidae) » Aetole » Aetole unipunctella - Hodges#2506 (Aetole unipunctella)
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Microlep - Aetole unipunctella
Copyright © 2007 Jillian H. Cowles

Microlep - Aetole unipunctella
Vail, Pima County, Arizona, USA
October 10, 2006
Size: 3-4mm
Day flier, found on desert broom
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Contributed by Jillian H. Cowles on 4 February, 2007 - 10:12pm
Last updated 5 August, 2008 - 9:34pm

Moved
Moved from Aetole.
… john and jane balaban, 5 August, 2008 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Mike Boone, 8 August, 2007 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

Probably Aetole sp. (Heliodinidae)
I sent this photo to Richard L. Brown at the Mississippi Entomological Museum. His response includes: "...this moth has the coloration and leg posture of Heliodinidae. I am unfamiliar with western species of this family, but it was recently revised by Hsu and Powell (2004). This paper [a very large .PDF file] can be downloaded at: Hsu and Powell Paper. Based on the color images in the dowload [three plates at end of file], which are rather small, the moth photographed by Cowles is similar to some species of Aetole, many of which have red abdomens, although not visible in the attached image."

I found that the photo of specimen 210 (2506 - Aetole [= Heliodines] unipunctella) from 5mi. SW of Kingman, AZ, comes close to but is not identical with your photo. Thus, I suggest that for now we call this photo Aetole sp. until a better match can be found.
… Bob Patterson, 5 February, 2007 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

 
This is now listed as A.unipunctella
at MPG
… john and jane balaban, 5 August, 2008 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

Cosmet
Looks quite a lot like the Cosmopterigid I found last year:
… Sean McCann, 5 February, 2007 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

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