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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Gelechioidea » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gelechiini » Aristotelia » Garden Webworm Moth - Hodges#1761 (Aristotelia roseosuffusella)
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Tiny bug... moth maybe? - Aristotelia roseosuffusella
Copyright © 2006 John Young

Tiny bug... moth maybe? - Aristotelia roseosuffusella
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA
August 24, 2006
Size: Tiny! - a few millimeters
This guy was so tiny it was beyond the capabilities of my camera to get a good picture of it. I hope the pic is good enough to get a positive ID.
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Contributed by John Young on 25 August, 2006 - 2:36pm
Last updated 20 January, 2008 - 8:18pm

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… john and jane balaban, 20 January, 2008 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

Banded moth with pink
Bob is certainly in the right neighborhood, as this is a species of Aristotelia (Gelechiidae). There are several different Aristotelia spp. in which adults are similar due to their having this same color pattern on the forewing, and A. amelanchierella, being one of them, is a possibility here. I suggest, however, that A. roseosuffusella is more likely the identity of this moth. It is the most generally common of these similar Aristotelia spp. in the Midwest (the larva is a leaf tier on several common legumes, e.g., Lespedeza spp.), and the contrast between the blackish and whitish bars on the forewing is a little more pronounced in A. roseosuffusella than in A. amelanchierella.
… Terry Harrison, 20 January, 2008 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

Gelechiidae Close to 1728 - Aristotelia amelanchierella
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… Bob Patterson, 25 August, 2006 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

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