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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Shiny Head-Standing Moths (Argyresthiidae) » Argyresthia » Argyresthia apicimaculella - Hodges#2438 (Argyresthia apicimaculella)
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Argyresthiidae (Shiny Head-Standing Moth) - Argyresthia apicimaculella
Copyright © 2015 MJ Hatfield

Argyresthiidae (Shiny Head-Standing Moth) - Argyresthia apicimaculella
Ames - Tullamore, Story County, Iowa, USA
June 15, 2009
Size: 5 mm length
caught on a Shagbark Hickory tree, Carya ovata
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 1 February, 2015 - 7:10pm
Last updated 21 February, 2017 - 10:24am

Moved
Moved from Leaf Blotch Miner Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 18 December, 2015 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

Argyresthia apicimaculella
Check out the third image from the left, here.
… Terry Harrison, 18 December, 2015 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
A very neat-looking moth!
… Kyhl Austin, 18 December, 2015 - 12:41pm login or register to post comments

MJ, have you sent this image to Terry?
I'd really like to find out what it is. I've been trying to ID it for a long time now. It caught my eye when you first submitted it.
… Kyhl Austin, 17 December, 2015 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Marcia Morris, 20 September, 2015 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

 
What did you have in mind when you moved it here?
It's similar to this one: , but I'm not convinced it's a Gracillariid.
… Kyhl Austin, 16 December, 2015 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

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