Euthymia similis”, “Euthymia carnea”, “Euthymia ferocis”, “Euthymia ligulella”, “Euthymia testacea” and “Euthymia virescens” are also sometimes considered conspecifics.
Two species of moth in the genera “Euthymia” and “Trichoglossa” have a very similar appearance but are not closely related.
Some moths in this group resemble the bark-crawlers (“Trichoglossa”) in appearance.
Three species of moths in the genus “Hypsilocta” have a similar appearance but are not closely related.
“H. wrighti”, “H. surdus” and “H. crassipicta” have black and white “sausage” shaped larvae.
Two species of moth in the genus “Apaedra” are very similar and may be confused with “H. wrighti” and “H. surdus”.
One species of m
oth in the genus “Mecistoptera” has an even more pointed appearance and was mistakenly assigned to “Apaedra”.
oth in the genus “Mecistoptera” has an even more pointed appearance and was mistakenly assigned to “Apaedra”.Some moths in this genus are very similar to the bark-crawlers and some species have even been confused with the bark-crawlers.
It was not until researchers performed genetic analyses that the moth was correctly assigned to the genus “Mecistoptera”.
Some moths in the genus “Euthymia” have a similar appearance to the bark-crawlers.
The bark-crawlers are sometimes called “false bark-crawlers” because they resemble bark-crawlers, but they are not closely related.
Some moths in the genus “Euthymia” have a similar appearance to the bark-crawlers.
The bark-crawlers are sometimes called “false bark-crawlers” because they resemble bark-crawlers, but they are not closely related.
