Google
WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Mimallonidae
830001 – 7659   Lacosoma chiridota Grote, 1864
             Scalloped Sack-bearer Moth

- © Tom Murray
Distribution: Caution: A single range map dot for a Canadian province may represent records without specific location data.
Description/
Field Marks:
Sexually dimorphic; males are darker with scalloping of the outer wing margins much reduced.
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Lacosoma chiridota Grote, 1864
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Franclemont, J. G., 1973. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.1: p. 9; pl. 3.3-5. order or free PDF
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at Mass Moths
Lacosoma chiridota
- © Mark Dreiling
Lacosoma chiridota
- © Marvin & Jo Smith
Lacosoma chiridota
- © Steve Walter
Lacosoma chiridota
- © Carol Wolf
Lacosoma chiridota
- 30mm – © Jim Vargo
Lacosoma chiridota
- 24mm – © Jim Vargo
Lacosoma chiridota
© McGuire Center LG

Lacosoma chiridota
© McGuire Center LG


Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone