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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae
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micro moth
Copyright © 2012 tom murray

micro moth
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 29, 2012
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Contributed by tom murray on 30 August, 2012 - 8:30pm
Last updated 1 November, 2016 - 10:46am

Moved
Moved from Microcalyptris.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 November, 2016 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Microcalyptris.
… tom murray, 14 December, 2012 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pseudopostega.
… john and jane balaban, 14 December, 2012 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

Microcalyptris
The "eye cap" at the base of the antenna is seen in both Opostegidae and the related family Nepticulidae. This moth is a nepticulid. Every one of these tan/dark-speckled nepticulids that I have dissected has turned out to be something in the genus Microcalyptris, so I think that is a safe diagnosis here.
… Terry Harrison, 14 December, 2012 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

That's what made us wonder if it were related
but we don't know how common that factor is. See MPG
… john and jane balaban, 9 November, 2012 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
Pseudopostega looks good, especially with the white tuft at the base of the antennae.
… tom murray, 9 November, 2012 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

Related to Pseudopostega?
MPG
… john and jane balaban, 9 November, 2012 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

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