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Unknown Micromoth - Autosticha kyotensis
Copyright © 2014 Jeff Trahan

Unknown Micromoth - Autosticha kyotensis
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
October 20, 2014
Contributed by Jeff Trahan on 1 December, 2014 - 8:00pm
Last updated 5 February, 2016 - 4:48am

Moved
Moved from Glyphidoceridae.

Taxon change, family eliminated. Moved tentatively to Autosticha kyotensis.
… A. Hendrickson, 5 February, 2016 - 4:48am

Moved
Moved from Gelechioidea.
… A. Hendrickson, 24 January, 2016 - 12:12pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Marcia Morris, 20 September, 2015 - 8:57am

My five cents worth
This may well be #1010.1 Autosticha kyotensis (Kyoto Moth) but all experts add a caution note to their ID suggestion. Insight into the situation is provided, for example, here.
… Peter Homann, 2 December, 2014 - 11:12am

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