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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Lithocolletinae » Phyllonorycter » Ulmus-feeding species (argentinotella, occitanica) (Phyllonorycter Ulmus-feeding species (argentinotella, occitanica)) » Phyllonorycter argentinotella - Hodges#0734 (Phyllonorycter argentinotella)
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Unk. Micro-moth - Phyllonorycter argentinotella
Copyright © 2014 Chuck Sexton

Unk. Micro-moth - Phyllonorycter argentinotella
n.w. Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
October 23, 2014
Size: Total length ~3mm.
This is one of the smallest micros I've ever tried to photograph. Despite using the macro setting, my little point-and-shoot couldn't capture enough structural detail to help with family ID. A couple of runs through all the microlep plates on MPG turned up nothing similar in wing pattern.

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Unk. Micro-moth - Phyllonorycter argentinotella Unk. Micro-moth - Phyllonorycter argentinotella
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Contributed by Chuck Sexton on 23 October, 2014 - 10:53pm
Last updated 17 March, 2015 - 11:37pm

Moved
Moved from Phyllonorycter.
… Charley Eiseman, 17 March, 2015 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cameraria.
I wondered if I should hedge and just say Lithocolletinae... life is so much easier when you can see the leaf mine the moth came from.
… Charley Eiseman, 24 October, 2014 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks to both of you!
I hope at some point we'll have this kind of expertise reviewing moth records on iNaturalist.org. Have either of you considered encompassing that crowd-sourced natural history effort into your sphere of influence?
… Chuck Sexton, 24 October, 2014 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

Phyllonorycter possibly argentinotella
What little black edging there is on the white markings appears to be on the basal margin of the markings, rather than on the distal margin as in Cameraria. This indicates a species of Phyllonorycter. The nearest that I can come up with is the elm-feeding P. argentinotella, as seen here.
… Terry Harrison, 24 October, 2014 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Chuck Sexton, 24 October, 2014 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

Cameraria sp.
The majority of Gracillariidae spp. are not represented on MPG, but there should be some at least vaguely similar Cameraria spp. shown there.
… Charley Eiseman, 24 October, 2014 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

 
Cameraria sp.
Thanks, Charley. Are these images worthy of moving to a family or genus page in the Guide??
… Chuck Sexton, 24 October, 2014 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

 
Closest Match
In fact, I'd spotted Cameraria caryaefoliella (#0811) as the closest possible match. My critter lacks some of the black highlights on the diagonal white bands but is otherwise quite close.
… Chuck Sexton, 24 October, 2014 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

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