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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Gelechioidea » Cosmet Moths (Cosmopterigidae) » Chrysopeleiinae » Walshia » Walshia miscecolorella - Hodges#1615 (Walshia miscecolorella)
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Mompha moth? - Walshia miscecolorella
Copyright © 2007 Steve Scott

Mompha moth? - Walshia miscecolorella
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
June 9, 2007
The only moth I can find with all these tufts is a Mompha imaged on MPG.

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Mompha moth? - Walshia miscecolorella Mompha moth? - Walshia miscecolorella
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 15 July, 2007 - 5:00pm
Last updated 18 January, 2008 - 8:27pm

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… Steve Scott, 18 January, 2008 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

Moth in your three photos
Nice photos, and the moth is in very good condition. This is Walshia miscecolorella (Cosmopterigidae). Walshia is one of the "other" (than Mompha, that is) gelechioid genera in which tufts of raised scales are seen on the forewing. Aside from Walshia, a few other cosmopterigids (e.g., Sorhagenia pexa) have forewing tufts, as do also some gelechiids (e.g., Coleotechnites spp.).
… Terry Harrison, 18 January, 2008 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Terry - for both the ID and the education. Appreciated muchly. :)
… Steve Scott, 18 January, 2008 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

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