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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) » Acrolophus walsinghami - Hodges#0386.1 (Acrolophus walsinghami)
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Acrolophus IMG_8787 - Acrolophus walsinghami
Copyright © 2011 Steve Nanz

Acrolophus IMG_8787 - Acrolophus walsinghami
Dry Tortugas National Park, Monroe County, Florida, USA
July 22, 2011
Acrolophus sp.
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 14 May, 2011 - 2:08pm
Last updated 18 October, 2016 - 7:42am

Moved to Acrolophus walsinghami
Moved from Tubeworm Moths.

This does appear to be Acrolophus walsinghami but without dissection, identification is tentative.

I found yet another example on the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services website:
… Steve Nanz, 26 November, 2014 - 3:49am login or register to post comments

0386.1 - Acrolophus walsinghami?
I think this may be Acrolophus walsinghami. There were at least a couple of these Acrolophus moths and although they were different in shade and amount of red, they had a similar pattern.

From BOLD:

From MPG:
… Steve Nanz, 1 May, 2014 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Steve Nanz, 22 May, 2011 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

Clemens ?
See what you think of Clemen's Grass Tubeworm Moth?
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 18 May, 2011 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Not Sure
Thanks, but BOLD shows a lot of other species that are similar.
… Steve Nanz, 22 May, 2011 - 6:58pm login or register to post comments

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