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Moth - Dichomeris costarufoella
Copyright © 2007 Steve Scott

Moth - Dichomeris costarufoella
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
April 30, 2007
Size: < 1 cm
Not sure if this is a Tortricoidea or just a small Pyraloidea but it was striking.

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Contributed by Steve Scott on 10 May, 2007 - 10:27pm
Last updated 19 July, 2008 - 11:12am

D. costarufoella
Both images moved from Dichomeris to new species page.
… Robin McLeod, 19 July, 2008 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

Probably 2293 - Dichomeris costarufoella (Gelechiidae)
D. copa is similar, but Hodges states the reddish-brown of the forewings is much more extensive in D. costarufoella than in D. copa. Both occur in Illinois. I'd call this one costarufoella.
… Bob Patterson, 11 May, 2007 - 12:32am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Bob. I just scan the live images but I don't think I would have recognized it in the pinned specimens even if I had looked. :(
… Steve Scott, 11 May, 2007 - 12:50am login or register to post comments

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