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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Burrowing Webworm Moths (Acrolophinae) » Tubeworm Moths (Acrolophus) » Late Tubeworm Moth - Hodges#0367 (Acrolophus mora)
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Unidentified Moth - Acrolophus mora
Copyright © 2014 Rolf Drueke

Unidentified Moth - Acrolophus mora
Rock Island State Park, Tennessee, USA
October 22, 2014
Size: about 30 mm in length
The moth was found during a day trip sitting quite prominent on a leaf.
All effort to idebtify it failed until now.
Does anybody know, what it is ?
Would be pleased to get a response.

Rolf

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Unidentified Moth - Acrolophus mora Unidentified Moth - Acrolophus mora
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Contributed by Rolf Drueke on 23 December, 2014 - 11:52am
Last updated 9 August, 2023 - 9:24pm

Moved
Moved from Tubeworm Moths.
… Paul Dennehy, 9 August, 2023 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

genus Acrolophus
The tubeworm moths are somewhat variable, but I can not identify this to species level with any confidence ...

take a look here at the variances: http://bugguide.net/node/view/18147/bgimage?from=0
… Marcia Morris, 23 December, 2014 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Unidentified Moth - Acrolophus
Thank you Marcia and Maury for enlighten me on this one.
Acropholidae is a family of months I am certainly not familiar with, as they just don't exist in Europe. This is an entirely New World family, with a pretty extensive variation in the US, as it looks like.
Having now read more about it and searching the accessible literature, I suggest it could be a female of Acrolophus morus.
Time of appearance, location and size would fit.
What do you think ?
Merry Christmas from Germany.
Rolf
… Rolf Drueke, 24 December, 2014 - 6:20am login or register to post comments

Acrolophus species
Moved from ID Request.

Will try to lighten this one later to see details better for species.
Thanks!
… Maury J. Heiman, 23 December, 2014 - 8:01pm login or register to post comments

 
oops
we must have been viewing simultaneously. Nice to see you, Maury. 8-)
… Marcia Morris, 23 December, 2014 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

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