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Diaphania sp.
Dark brown (with some black) and white moth, 1.5 cm long with prominent posterior Hairpencils. It is very similar superficially to the Melonworm Moth Diaphania hyalinata. Family Crambidae.
Came to an ultraviolet light in the garden, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.
Thank you bayucca, it does really look like D. hyalinata with all the brown, but I think you are probably right about all the similar ones and this could be something else. I'll leave it at Diaphania sp.
Crambidae, Pyraustinae, Spilomelini, Diaphania sp.. I think it is not possible to get down to species level, there are too many similr around. You would need the native moth for DNA or genital dissection. In addition there is also the famous Cucumber Moth, Diaphania indica, in the meanwhile a global pest found all round the globe. Most common one in the Americas would be Diaphania hyalinata.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/7925
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/139...
Spotted on Aug 6, 2013
Submitted on Aug 7, 2013
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