Associated observations |
Date Added
January 5, 2017
10:50 PM CST
Description
I'm usually pretty shy about identifying Phycitine Pyralid moths to species but this seems like a good match to Crocidomera imitata, based on the following characters:
- Extensive whitish ground color,
- Distinctive dark dotted PM line and bold dots on terminal line;
Extensive dusky mottling near rear margins of FWs, creating a wide dusky patch on the folded wings.
Compare with MPG and BG:
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5706
http://bugguide.net/node/view/247452
The species has previously been recorded in CenTex.
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