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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Incertae sedis » Psilocorsis » Black-fringed Psilocorsis - Hodges#0956 (Psilocorsis cryptolechiella)

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leaftier - Psilocorsis cryptolechiella

Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 8, 2014
Size: 6.1 mm head-wingtips

Psilocorsis?
Found on car.

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leaftier - Psilocorsis cryptolechiella

leaftier - Psilocorsis cryptolechiella

leaftier - Psilocorsis cryptolechiella

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Contributed by Bill Keim on 30 January, 2015 - 5:30am
Last updated 15 December, 2020 - 11:50am

Moved

Moved from Psilocorsis.

ID courtesy of Hugh McGuinness:
inaturalist.org/observations/1203858.

… Bill Keim, 15 December, 2020 - 11:50am

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Moved

Moved from Oak Leaftier.
I moved this back to genus after spending an afternoon looking through everything I could find in the Guide and online. While many people seem to feel comfortable IDing 955, 956 and 957 to species, I'm not seeing any consistent descriptions of distinguishing ID marks. A number of comments seem to indicate that there is considerable overlap in appearance, and ID to species with photos for these similar moths is not reliable. I don't have enough experience to presume that I know where this one belongs, so I will leave any specific ID up to a future editor.

… Bill Keim, 2 February, 2015 - 3:54pm

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Bill Keim, 31 January, 2015 - 2:02pm

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I just noticed that on the in

I just noticed that on the info pages, there is a size difference between #955 P. quercicella (WS = 12-15 mm) and #957 P. reflexella (WS - 16-25 mm, FWL = 8-13 mm, TL = 7-12 mm). My moth, (TL = 6.1 mm) would therefore be in the range of P. quercicella.

… Bill Keim, 31 January, 2015 - 1:59pm

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Yes, I think either 0957 or 0955 but I cannot tell which one.

… A. Hendrickson, 30 January, 2015 - 10:41am

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This visually looks closest t

This visually looks closest to 0956.

… Curtis Lehman, 2 February, 2015 - 10:04am

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You may be right, but I cannot call this one.

… A. Hendrickson, 2 February, 2015 - 12:24pm

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