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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) » Gracillariinae » Caloptilia » Caloptilia triadicae - Hodges#0644.1 (Caloptilia triadicae)
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Gracillariidae - Caloptilia triadicae
Copyright © 2014 Chuck Sexton

Gracillariidae - Caloptilia triadicae
n.w. Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
October 30, 2014
Size: Length ~3mm
A tiny, active micromoth--very hard to capture a clear pic with my little point-and-shoot camera. I'm thinking it's something in Gracillariidae or Tineidae.

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Gracillariidae - Caloptilia triadicae Unid. Micromoth - Caloptilia triadicae
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Contributed by Chuck Sexton on 30 October, 2014 - 11:03pm
Last updated 3 November, 2015 - 10:19am

Moved
Moved from Acrocercops.
… Chuck Sexton, 3 November, 2015 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Chuck Sexton, 5 November, 2014 - 1:18pm login or register to post comments

Hello
Chuck, I don't know what you were thinking but all I could come up with was possibly Hodges #0697.96 – Acrocercops n. sp.
… A. Hendrickson, 5 November, 2014 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Great lead!
I concur: Mine looks much like the Gracillariids here.

Now what's next? Does that MPG page suggest someone will name it soon? Are there multiple unknown "n.sp." there? The map is blank so it's a bit frustrating trying to learn more.
… Chuck Sexton, 5 November, 2014 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably not soon
Don Davis told me a couple of years ago that he was aware of over 100 undescribed Gracillariidae species in North America. I've found a few more since then and I'm sure others have too. He and Dave Wagner are working on the Moths of North America fascicles that will describe these species, but I think it will be a while before they're done. On the plus side, at least someone is working on it, which is more than can be said for a lot of these tiny moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 5 November, 2014 - 4:06pm login or register to post comments

 
.
Sorry, I haven't the slightest idea how species get a name.
… A. Hendrickson, 5 November, 2014 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

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