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Photo#75348
Agonopterix?
Copyright © 2006 Stephen Luk

Agonopterix?
Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
September 5, 2006
At first, I thought that this is a Locust Twig Borer (Ecdytolopha insiticiana), since there is a black locust tree (Robinia pseudoacacia) directly outside my window. However, the patterning in my specimen doesn't quite match up with photos of E. insiticiana. Following some intensive research, I'm now pretty confident that this is actually Agonopterix thelmae. Can someone confirm?
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 5 September, 2006 - 9:28pm
Last updated 17 March, 2007 - 8:23pm

Searching Oecophoridae and Agonopterix...
... in Ron Hodges' MONA Fascicle 6.2 (1974) I can't find anything like the moth in this photo. I don't think it comes really close to the two examples Hodges provided for A. thelmae or the several photos at MPG (spread specimens and living moths). This could of course be a form I don't know about or even something undescribed at the time Hodges published. It certainly looks like something that could be an Oecophorid.
… Bob Patterson, 5 September, 2006 - 10:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Hmmm....
then what about this photo , labelled as A. thelmae, from the Moth Photographers Group?
… Stephen Luk, 6 September, 2006 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

 
As Mentioned Previously I Considered All Photos at MPG....
...as well as those in the MONA Fascicle. In my opinion your specimen does not come close enough to any of them to consider using terms such as "possible" or "probable." It may well be an Oecophorid, but I'm not certain of that. Perhaps a specialist in that family could make a judgement.
… Bob Patterson, 7 September, 2006 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

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