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moth - Zelleria

moth - Zelleria
Everglades-Mahogany Hammock, Dade County, Florida, USA
February 20, 2014

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Zelleria
The fuzzy head vestiture rules out Perimede. This is something yponomeutoid; based on external appearance, it most likely is something in the genus Zelleria. It may be an undescribed species.

reminds me of
the position of this moth at rest reminds me of genus Perimede, but in searching the pinned records a MPG, I am not seeing a good match. I'm not familiar with the species.

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