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Sulphur Esperia Moth

Esperia sulphurella

Photo by HemaShah
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Field Notes

Description:

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

Species ID Suggestions

Sulphur Esperia Moth

Esperia sulphurella

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KeithRoragen
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Comments (8)
HemaShah
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 :)
HemaShah
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 .
AntónioGinjaGinja
Normaly these kind of intercontinental interchanges are not good idea :-) in this case is diferent luckely :-)
HemaShah
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.
AntónioGinjaGinja
Wow beautiful capture Jemma,is he dangerous in the environement ? congrats and thanks for sharing
HemaShah
Introduced to California from Europe 40+ years ago
HemaShah
Keith you are simply amazing,astonishing,outstanding,fantastic,awesome. Tough one to ID. Thank you for the ID.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2013

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