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Leaf-mining Moth?
Copyright © 2004 Richard Leung

Leaf-mining Moth?
Springfield, Virginia, USA
September 18, 2004
This tiny moth had a very peculiar stance, and is very similar to this one:

I only saw it because it was at eye-level.
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Contributed by Richard Leung on 20 September, 2004 - 8:36pm

Family Gracillariidae
Looks like family Gracillariidae, Leaf Blotch Miner Moths.
Cranshaw, pp. 214-215 (1), has some photos of genus Caloptilia, none match yours exactly, but genus is perhaps the same. Covell, pp.446-448 (2) has several illustrations, hard to tell if any are yours.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
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