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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Scavenger Moths (Blastobasidae) » Scavenger Moths (Blastobasinae) » Blastobasini » Blastobasis » Acorn Moth - Hodges#1162 (Blastobasis glandulella)
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Acorn Moth - Blastobasis glandulella - female
Copyright © 2015 Bill Keim

Acorn Moth - Blastobasis glandulella - Female
Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 20, 2014
Size: 9.0 mm head-wingtips
Found on car.
Gelechiidae?

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Acorn Moth - Blastobasis glandulella - female Acorn Moth - Blastobasis glandulella - female Acorn Moth - Blastobasis glandulella - female
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Contributed by Bill Keim on 13 January, 2015 - 5:45am
Last updated 10 April, 2023 - 6:38pm

Moved
Moved from Scavenger Moths. Very likely right
… Aaron Hunt, 10 April, 2023 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Acorn Moth.
… Bill Keim, 3 March, 2023 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

 
See comments by Paul Dennehy:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1176635.
… Bill Keim, 3 March, 2023 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Marcia Morris, 14 January, 2015 - 6:15am login or register to post comments

Blastobasidae
Probably Blastobasis sp., but this example is female, so that the "antennal notch" character (which occurs only in male individuals) is not available.
… Terry Harrison, 13 January, 2015 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

 
It reminds me a lot of the Ac
It reminds me a lot of the Acorn Moth - Hodges#1162 (Blastobasis glandulella)


The three dots, one in median area and the other two at the reniform spot suggest this species.
… nancy dowd, 13 January, 2015 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

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