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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Caddisflies (Trichoptera) » Integripalpia » Hydroptiloidea » Microcaddisflies (Hydroptilidae)
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Micro Moth?
Copyright © 2011 Ken Childs

Micro Moth?
Henderson, Chester County, Tennessee, USA
May 26, 2011
Size: 2.7 mm
I'm not 100% sure this is a moth. If it is, it's the smallest one I've ever seen.

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Micro Moth? Micro Moth?
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Contributed by Ken Childs on 28 May, 2011 - 12:54pm
Last updated 18 January, 2022 - 3:28pm

Moved
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… v belov, 25 August, 2012 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

I am not convinced
this is a hydroptilid. Antennae and head, plus end of wing don't look right. Did you keep it? If so, does it have scales on the wings and legs, or hairs on the wings? Some of these real little moths don't have a proboscis
… Dave Ruiter, 24 August, 2012 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

 
I didn't keep it but they are
I didn't keep it but they are on my moth sheet most nights. Since submitting this to BG I've photographed hundreds of species of micromoths and I'm convinced this is a species of microcaddisfly.
… Ken Childs, 24 August, 2012 - 2:22pm login or register to post comments

Hydroptilidae
cannot determine genus from this pic
… Dave Ruiter, 24 August, 2012 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths. Maybe near here, but let's see what the experts say.
… John R. Maxwell, 19 June, 2011 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

Microcaddisfly
I have since identified this as a species of Microcaddisfly.
… Ken Childs, 19 June, 2011 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

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