Moth ID help from 2007 and 2008

[Dave McCormick]

I have been looking through my photos from 2007 and 2008 and IDing many of the moth images I have and I have a few I need help with, if anyone knows what these are, it would be appreciated:

Moth1:


Moth2:


Moth3:


Moth4:


Moth5:


Moth6:


Moth7 (Plume moth of some sort, that's all I know):


Moth8: (This was taken at a bog not far away from where I live and I think its a type of carpet moth) 12/07/2008:

[ChrisC]

square spot rustic
don't know
diamond backed moth
white shouldered house moth
don't know
don't know
possibly faded, small fan footed wave (not 100%)
don't know
a faded.... green carpet

they would be my guesses

Chris

[Dave McCormick]

Thanks for help on ones you tried to ID. The one you said is white shouldered house moth has similar marking as one, but when I see these ones (like on in photo) they are always that long thin shape and about a bit bigger and similar shape as the diamond back moth, not like white shouldered house moths I know of and the tail of that moth is not like white shouldered house moth as far as I know.

[JKT]

Here's my opinion:
1: agree
2: Gelechiidae
3: agree
4: agree that it is NOT the White Shouldered...
5: ???
6: probably agree
7: Stenoptilia sp. ?
8: agree

I would not try to mess with number two even if it were in pristine condition.

Number four is indeed something else, but I can't recall the family, let alone Genus.

Next!

[Dave McCormick]

Hi JKT, that number 2 I thought was a piece of wood that was laying about, but it was not that big of a moth, about a few cm at most. I agree now that 1 is square spot rustic and 3 is diamondback and looking at another faded green carpet image I had from another time, I agree that's one too. I am thinking 6 is small fan footed wave at looking at more photos.

[cjs]

Hi Dave
Have you thought about one of the Beauties for #5 poss (Mottled)

[cjs]

A wild guess at #7 would be in the Pterophoridae (Stenoptilia pterodactyla).

[JKT]

Hi JKT, that number 2 I thought was a piece of wood that was laying about, but it was not that big of a moth, about a few cm at most.

I would have quessed that the length might be around 1 cm making the span under 2 cm. I just meant that Gelechiidae as a group are way beyond my capabilities to ID.

[hjalava]

2. Agonopterix arenella,
4. Blastobasis adustella.

[hjalava]

A wild guess at #7 would be in the Pterophoridae (Stenoptilia pterodactyla).

Agreed.