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Vagabond Crambus - Hodges#5403 (Agriphila vulgivagellus)
Photo#66200
Copyright © 2006
Mardon Erbland
Agriphila plumbifimbriella? -
Agriphila vulgivagellus
Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
July 23, 2006
Size: 11 mm 'Nose' to Wing Tips
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Contributed by
Mardon Erbland
on 23 July, 2006 - 5:51pm
Last updated 31 January, 2013 - 6:35pm
Agriphila plumbifimbriella is a Western Species
I think your moth is probably A. vulvivagella. There are nice photos of it in the Guide here by Robin McLeod (left) and Terry Allison.
Neither of these photos, nor yours, shows any hint of a line curving near the outer margin as you will see in Lynette Schimming's photo of A. plumbifimbriella from Montana.
It is of course possible that your photo represents a species with which I am not familiar. I will send the photo to Brian Scholtens for confirmation of the moth's ID.
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Bob Patterson
, 23 July, 2006 - 7:17pm
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