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unknown micro - Keiferia lycopersicella
Copyright © 2014 Marcia Morris

unknown micro - Keiferia lycopersicella
Verona, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
October 25, 2014
I have photographed this species at the vapor light multiple times throughout the summer and fall, I keep going back to the genus Keiferia ... there is a distinctive row of dots along the st line that may aid in its identification, as well as the yellow dusting on its forewing ...

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unknown micro - Keiferia lycopersicella unknown micro - Keiferia lycopersicella
Contributed by Marcia Morris on 26 October, 2014 - 6:17am
Last updated 1 February, 2018 - 6:36pm

Moved, Keiferia lycopersicella
Moved from Twirler Moths.
… Aaron Hunt, 1 February, 2018 - 6:36pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Randy Hardy, 23 November, 2014 - 8:44pm

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