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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Incertae sedis » Xylesthia
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Small, brown and white mottled moth - Xylesthia
Copyright © 2014 Bob Webster

Small, brown and white mottled moth - Xylesthia
Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
October 1, 2014
Size: 7.5 mm
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Contributed by Bob Webster on 5 October, 2014 - 12:22am
Last updated 29 May, 2018 - 10:57pm

Moved
Moved from Clothes Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 29 May, 2018 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tineoidea.
… Kyhl Austin, 29 April, 2015 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Tony Leukering, 8 April, 2015 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

Hello
Bob,

What a nice picture! I remembered it and noticed a couple of possibilities yesterday when I was looking through the Micros for mysteries of my own.

Have you considered Xylesthia UID's or Hodges #0336 Amydria obliquella? It looks darker than the A. obliquellas posted, but looked similar in pattern to me.

I would be interested in what YOU were thinking.
… A. Hendrickson, 6 October, 2014 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I thought the same about #0336, but its range is a little west of northeastern Oklahoma. Another similar moth is this unidentified Xylesthis. It's lighter colored, but the tail pattern matches better and (I am guessing) it was found not far from here.
… Bob Webster, 6 October, 2014 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Well
At least I wasn't WAY off. I hope you get an ID.
… A. Hendrickson, 6 October, 2014 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

 
I trust your judgement much m
I trust your judgement much more than mine -- thank you for the help!
… Bob Webster, 6 October, 2014 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

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