I am in the process of compiling an ID guide for a set of small buffy brown moths that have upturned palpi (thus all in the Gelechioidea superfamily), forewings that are oval to oblong, more or less flat-winged resting posture, and a few dark dots on the forewings. I myself and many of my iNat friends in Texas have been struggling with keeping several of these straight. This will be a Texas-centric list but it should have wider application in the south-central U.S. Below I list the set of about 20 species and genera which I intend to cover, but I would like anyone interested in this topic to chime in with anything else that might need addressing in this small confusing corner of mothdom. Those that are easier to distinguish and will be dealt with only briefly are marked with “(E)” for "easy"….which they are NOT, but they can be readily separated from the rest of the set:
AUTOSTICHIDAE
Autosticha kyotensis - Kyoto Moth
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/214687-Autosticha-kyotensis
Glyphidocera juniperella - Juniper Tip Moth
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/333290-Glyphidocera-juniperella
Glyphidocera democratica - “Democratic Moth”?
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/416888-Glyphidocera-democratica
Glyphidocera dimorphella
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/416886-Glyphidocera-dimorphella
DEPRESSARIIDAE
Agonopterix spp. (E)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126363-Agonopterix
Antaeotricha haesitans (E)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/840127-Antaeotricha-haesitans
Antaetricha osseella
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/416874-Antaeotricha-osseella
Antaeotricha unipunctella
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/325988-Antaeotricha-unipunctella
Durrantia piperatella (E)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/490824-Durrantia-piperatella
Exaeretia sordidella (E - Doesn’t occur in TX)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/504378-Exaeretia-sordidella
Gonioterma mistrella
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/220538-Gonioterma-mistrella
Machimia tentoriferella - Gold-striped Leaftier (E - not documented in TX yet)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/81689-Machimia-tentoriferella
Psilocorsis cryptolechiella - Black-fringed Leaftier (E)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/229229-Psilocorsis-cryptolechiella
Psilocorsis quercicella - Oak Leaftier
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/229230-Psilocorsis-quercicella
Psilocorsis reflexella - Dotted Leaftier
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/147992-Psilocorsis-reflexella
GELECHIIDAE
Anacampsis and Dichomeris spp. (E - most are not confusable with LBJs)
Dichomeris georgiella
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/416950-Dichomeris-georgiella
Deltophora sella (E) - Black-spotted Twirler
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/324643-Deltophora-sella
Helcystogramma spp. (E) (3 spp to consider)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/177977-Helcystogramma
OECOPHORIDAE
Inga cretacea - Chalky Inga (E)
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/324605-Inga-cretacea
Inga obscuromaculella
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/518250-Inga-obscuromaculella
Please leave a comment, or message me directly if you have other suggestions. Thanks for any input.
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This one has been at my sheet recently. Not sure what it is, but it does seem to meet the LBJ qualification...
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94388449
Thanks, Jack. I think your "Hypatima sp. 2" is probably a good candidate to add to the list.
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2258.2
Here's another one that may fit (more black than brown, though), unless I've just forgotten how to identify it, which is always a distinct possibility. I want to call it Chionodes or Dichomeris, but I'm not sure...
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101336846
Jack
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