Notice the tiny moth on an Angel trumphet bloom this a.m.
CLOSED: What an Angelic image of a moth! Please help I.D.
Her wings are transparent, bordered with the most pretty velvety brown liner of her entire white/transparent wings. Her tail is 'decorated' with a pom pom-like little round feathers. And at rest, her pom pom sweeps back and forth from left to right....
First to the left...
...on to the middle...
...pom pom to the right. The little angel is no bigger than an inch across her wingspan. Please help I.D.
How cute!!!
A clearwing but I don't know which.
The moth may be pretty, but its larvae can be serious garden pests. This is a melonworm moth, Diaphania hyalinata (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) - see http://tinyurl.com/2efpdaf for detailed information. Your specimen was releasing a sex pheromone to attract potential mates.
Thank you suunto for the I.D. hemlady. I thought so too. Our vegetable garden is now tapper down. A few of these moths are welcomed in the garden. No serious crop damage have I noticed. melonworm, I need to memorize that. What cutie!
Interesting, never heard of them.
Interestingly I spotted the green larvae on brugmansia leaves a time or two before. I grow La-kwa melon in the garden as well. I wonder if they're there to feast on the bitermelon?
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