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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Gelechioidea » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Anomologini » Monochroa » Monochroa quinquepunctella - Hodges#1716 (Monochroa quinquepunctella)
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spotted moth - Monochroa quinquepunctella
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

spotted moth - Monochroa quinquepunctella
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 15, 2008
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Contributed by tom murray on 13 November, 2008 - 5:56pm
Last updated 16 December, 2008 - 3:57pm

Thanks Terry
Moved from Moths.
… tom murray, 16 December, 2008 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

Spotted moth
This is Gelechiidae: Monochroa quinquepunctella.
… Terry Harrison, 16 December, 2008 - 8:15am login or register to post comments

Hmmmm...
I tried to make it into Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Brown House Moth - Hodges#1064), but I failed. I think it is probably something else.
… John R. Maxwell, 14 November, 2008 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

 
It does look close
But I agree it's probably something else.
… tom murray, 15 November, 2008 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

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