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small moth - Blastobasis glandulella
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

small moth - Blastobasis glandulella
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 2, 2007

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Contributed by tom murray on 4 August, 2007 - 12:39pm
Last updated 5 August, 2007 - 8:56am

Thanks Bob and Beatriz
Moved from Moths.
… tom murray, 5 August, 2007 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

1162 -- Acorn Moth -- Valentina glandulella
B.P.
… Bob Patterson, 5 August, 2007 - 1:34am login or register to post comments

Where
Where did you find it? A plant?
… Beatriz Moisset, 4 August, 2007 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Beatriz,
this one and just about all the other moths are coming to my porch light. The yellow background is the side of the house, and when the background is white, that's the house trim.
… tom murray, 4 August, 2007 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Yucca
The reason I asked is that it looks very similar to the one I found in yucca. It turns out to be the same. BTW, the name now is Blastobasis; Valentina is an old synonym.
… Beatriz Moisset, 5 August, 2007 - 6:41am login or register to post comments

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