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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) » Burrowing Webworm Moths (Acrolophinae) » Tubeworm Moths (Acrolophus) » Texas Grass Tubeworm  - Hodges#0383 (Acrolophus texanella)
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Mystery Acrolophus - Acrolophus texanella - female
Copyright © 2016 Peter Homann

Mystery Acrolophus - Acrolophus texanella - Female
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
July 21, 2016
Size: Length 14mm
At outdoor light. Surprisingly, it is similar to a few Acrolophus but I won't even mention them. I wished I had kept the moth. Any suggestion??

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Mystery Acrolophus - Acrolophus texanella - female Mystery Acrolophus - Acrolophus texanella
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Contributed by Peter Homann on 22 July, 2016 - 10:49am
Last updated 23 July, 2016 - 9:29am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Childs, 22 July, 2016 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
No longer a mystery!
Thank you, Ken, for settling this.
… Peter Homann, 23 July, 2016 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

I'm thinking ...
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 22 July, 2016 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

 
So was I
Thank you, Robert - yes, he was the closest I could find but I was trying to detect on mine a hint of the dark patch in the median area that all posted images seem to show. Then there is Acrolophus filicicornus of the West: a comment on tells me "A. texanella is very common in eastern U. S.. Texanella is brown not gray." Please keep "thinking." Maybe I should contact Ken.
… Peter Homann, 22 July, 2016 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

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