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Gelechiid Moth
Copyright © 2009 Karl Hillig

Gelechiid Moth
Ballston Lake, southern Saratoga County, New York, USA
July 8, 2009
Size: about 1 cm
On Maple tree, in shade. ID help appreciated.

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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 9 July, 2009 - 2:12pm
Last updated 24 July, 2009 - 11:54am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kevin Hall, 24 July, 2009 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

This is a Beauty
Please don't get discouraged over the fact that relatively few of these tiny moths (a Gelechiid in this case) can be identified immediately. Keep shooting and posting them. At the end of the season we will be making a concerted effort at MPG to get some of these identified by bulk presentation of pages of photos to experts. In the meantime you might consider joining the All-Leps Barcoding Project by submitting specimens for DNA analyses. This is another tool that has become available to help with difficult IDs.
… Bob Patterson, 9 July, 2009 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

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