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Sulphur Esperia Moth

Esperia sulphurella

Description:

A very slender ,small dark insect on the outside wall.Is it a planthopper?

8 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

You are so right Antonio. Maybe that is one reason it was introduced to California. We have a lot of rotting dead wood out here :)

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Yup I agree Argy . It looks like a moth in the pics. But to the naked eyes it appears to be like some planthopper. It is tiny .

Normaly these kind of intercontinental interchanges are not good idea :-) in this case is diferent luckely :-)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Looks a bit mothish to me Hema

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Antonio,The larvae feed on dead wood.That I assume would be considered beneficial. I saw some of it's pics with wings open. Looks very pretty.

Wow beautiful capture Jemma,is he dangerous in the environement ? congrats and thanks for sharing

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Introduced to California from Europe 40+ years ago

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Keith you are simply amazing,astonishing,outstanding,fantastic,awesome.
Tough one to ID.
Thank you for the ID.

HemaShah
Spotted by
HemaShah

Walnut Creek, California, USA

Spotted on Mar 29, 2013
Submitted on Mar 29, 2013

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