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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Casebearer Moths (Coleophoridae) » Coleophorinae » Coleophora » Seed Casebearers (Coleophora Seed Casebearers)
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Moth - Coleophora
Copyright © 2013 Tom Klein

Moth - Coleophora
Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 16, 2013
Errr ... maybe Scythris inornatella?
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Contributed by Tom Klein on 16 June, 2013 - 4:58pm
Last updated 18 July, 2013 - 6:02pm

not S. inornatella
The image at MPG appears to be erroneous. I updated the Info page here with description, range, etc.
… Steve Nanz, 26 July, 2017 - 6:04am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Coleophora.
… Charley Eiseman, 18 July, 2013 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

Most likely a female C. deaur
Most likely a female C. deauratella (brown post-ocular scales). But it could also be C. trifolii if the post-ocular scales are orange or yellow.
… Boyd, 18 July, 2013 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 9 July, 2013 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

They must have just emerged r
They must have just emerged recently. I had one just like this on the sheets last night under the lights. Check out Coleophora Seed Casebearers.
… Ilona L., 18 June, 2013 - 12:48am login or register to post comments

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