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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) » Eastern Grass-tubeworm Moth - Hodges#0372 (Acrolophus plumifrontella)
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Acrolophus plumifrontella - male
Copyright © 2010 Kris Light

Acrolophus plumifrontella - Male
Oak Ridge, TN, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA
June 16, 2010
Size: 1"
This moth was attracted to a sheet with a black light. I'm new at moth identifying and I'm having trouble with this one.
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Contributed by Kris Light on 24 June, 2010 - 7:14pm
Last updated 31 December, 2017 - 1:07pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 July, 2010 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

Probably - 0372 - A. plumifrontella
All Acrolophus IDs should be taken as tentative pending a monograph for the genus. (no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 25 June, 2010 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

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