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Assembly Moth

Samea ecclesialis

Description:

Photo take at home small moth brown and white colors around 2 cm wingspan.

Habitat:

North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas, and south in the neotropics to Brazil

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5 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Unfortunately this is not Samea ecclesialis. Spots are different (size, location) and the zig-zag line (definitely not an artefact, since it is symmetrical) on the margin belongs not to Samea ecclesialis. I just mentioned the name in my first comment, because it really looks like that one. However, only at first sight. I checked about 1000 different/similar pictures of all kind, but did not find any reasonable match.
I am still pretty sure it is Crambidae, Pyraustinae and Spilomelini. That's all what I can say.

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Thanks Cindy, J and Bayucca :)

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

I thought the same, bayucca!

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Easy one at first and immediate sight: Samea ecclesialis and then you notice the zig-zag line at the margin and you have to go diving into the literature...

Nice one, Gerardo!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Spotted by
Gerardo Aizpuru

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Spotted on Apr 21, 2013
Submitted on Apr 21, 2013

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