Insects by Picture
Butterflies and Moths by Picture
Lepidoptera Taxonomy
Costaconvexa centrostrigaria - BugGuide
Costaconvexa centrostrigaria - Wikipedia
Costaconvexa centrostrigaria - Butterflies and Moths of North America
This bent-line carpet moth flew into my kitchen on the night of April 26, 2017. It moved away from me a few times, but eventually gave up and let me take its picture. It got so comfortable there that I was able to get my ruler and put it right up next to it.
According to BugGuide, bent-line carpet moths range throughout most of North America, and they prefer wet open areas and waste places were foodplants grow. Adults are nocturnal and come to light. Adults fly all year in Texas, and they can have two or more generations in a year. All the sources I've seen said the larvae eat plants of the genus polygonum, but my yard doesn't have any such plants as far as I know. The closest I have is Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum), which I pulled a few weeks before I found this moth.
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