Help with ID on moth pupa

saye
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Help with ID on moth pupa Feb 26, 2015 14:14:09 GMT -8

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Post by saye on Feb 26, 2015 14:14:09 GMT -8

I've had this broken, damaged pupa (dead, of course) for a while now and haven't been able to identify the species. I would appreciate it if anyone could at least, since naming the species is difficult, point out the family. For narrowing purposes, it is from the Iberian peninsula.

Photos are purposefully repetitive (with and without flash) for anyone attentive to any needed angles for identification.

Last Edit: Feb 26, 2015 14:15:52 GMT -8 by saye

krupten Full Member Posts: 116	Help with ID on moth pupa Feb 26, 2015 18:45:06 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by krupten on Feb 26, 2015 18:45:06 GMT -8 There is a book that may help you at least get it to a family if not genus - Edna Mosher - and the book was on a classification of Lepidoptera based on pupal characteristics. Sorry I cannot assist you more. Cheers Greg

saye Full Member Posts: 82	Help with ID on moth pupa Feb 27, 2015 10:13:35 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by saye on Feb 27, 2015 10:13:35 GMT -8 I trust you mean "The Pupae of Lepidoptera", Mosher (1913). It seems that, indeed, that might be a good place to find an answer. Thank you.

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