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Similar Moths: Mostly Black

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Neopseustoidea            Nepticuloidea                                                                                        

Acanthopteroctetes unifascia       various Nepticulidae                                                                                                                 Pseudopostega cretea

                               

Adeloidea

Tridentaforma spp.        Tegeticula maculata       Prodoxus aenescens      Cauchas simpliciella       Adela punctiferella         Adela thorpella            Heliozela asella

                       

Tineoidea

Phryganeopsis brunnea  Tinea niveocapitella       Elatobia spp.                Pelecystola nearctica      Psychinae                                                         Doleromorpha porphyria

                        

Gelechioidea

Perittia spp.                   Scythris fuscicomella      Perimede spp.               Aproaerema spp.          Dichomeris spp.

                         

Tischerioidea                                                                                          Schreckensteinioidea

Coptotriche spp.                                                                                                Schreckensteinia spp.

                       

Zygaenoidea

Fulgoraecia exigua         many Zygaenidae: Procridinae

               

Pyraloidea

Pyla spp.                       Heliothelopsis                Diasemiodes nigralis      Pyrausta demantrialis    Pyrausta niveicilialis       Elophila tinealis             Nymphuliella daeckealis

                       

Geometroidea

Eutrepsia inconstans      Melanchroia chephise

   

Noctuoidea

Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini

Cisthene juanita            Lycomorpha splendens   Hypoprepia inculta        Manulea bicolor             Inopsis spp.                  Gardinia anopla             Gnamptonychia ventralis

                       

Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini

some Pericopina            Lerina incarnata            Pygoctenucha spp.         Ctenucha spp.                                                  Dahana atripennis         Cisseps fulvicollis           some Euchromiina

                           

Erebidae

some Idia                     Tetanolita mynesalis      Metalectra tantillus        Prosoparia floridana        some Zale

               

Noctuidae

Cydosia majuscula         Ponometia nigra & fumata, Pseudalypia crotchii   Copanarta sexpunctata  some Agaristinae

                                               

               

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Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 4 January, 2022 - 2:23pm
Last updated 29 March, 2023 - 8:41pm

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