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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae
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Minute moth?
Copyright © 2015 Chuck Sexton

Minute moth?
n.w. Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
July 24, 2015
Size: TL 1.9mm
With a total length measured at 1.9 - 2.0mm, this is the smallest micromoth I've ever tried to photograph. I looked through all the micros in MPG and cannot match this to anything; I can't even decide on a family...if it is a moth.

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Minute moth? Minute moth?
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Contributed by Chuck Sexton on 27 July, 2015 - 11:33pm
Last updated 28 July, 2015 - 9:25am

Moved
Moved from ID Request. This moth appears to be the same as an example of an undescribed Stigmella photographed by John M. Smith and shown on MPG here. It also somewhat resembles at least one Nepticulid image on BG from the Houston area place in Acalyptris (below), but I'm happy to leave this at the family level for now. Compare:
… Chuck Sexton, 28 July, 2015 - 8:56am login or register to post comments

Guessing nepticulidae
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… Aaron Hunt, 28 July, 2015 - 1:35am login or register to post comments

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