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Moth? - Aetole bella

Moth? - Aetole bella
Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
August 4, 2015
Very small moth I can't find in my books. Is it a moth?

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Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Aetole bella
I believe this is Aetole bella (Heliodinidae), this being a shot in which it didn't happen to have the hind legs elevated as is usual for Aetole adults in resting posture. Note that in Euclemensia, the costal margin of the orange area of the forewing is not interrupted by any metallic gray spots beyond midlength, whereas in A. bella, there are a couple such spots beyond midlength, as in the moth here. Also, the labial palpi of Euclemensia are orange, whereas in A. bella (and in the moth here) they are gray.

 
A better match, I agree
The legs don't seem quite spiny enough, but I expect the spines are simply hidden or out of focus.

 
Another photo from the same minute shows...
a spiny leg sticking right up toward the camera. See the new photo I just added.

Definitely a moth
I'm not finding a great match in the Guide. The closest I came was:



I'll be interested to see where this one lands.

 
You're a wizard!
It may not be the exact species match, but it's a million times closer than anything I came up with. And there are some Florida records for it. Size is about right, too: 5 mm on the entries that estimated size.
Maybe someone can place it, but if not, "scale moth" is close enough for me to start learning!

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