but clearly substandard for diagnostic purposes. Please feel free to frass this entry in its entirety.

Kyhl,
The moth was reared from a batch collection of mine-infested plants, but I am pretty sure now that the moth emerged from a stem or a sheath - since those mines are so tiny, and resemble Elachista mines.

There was a hollow stem in the collection, so it is possibly something that emerged from it - but I could not find pupal exuviae.

So all we can say at present is that this moth is somehow associated with Chasmanthium.

Unfortunately, due to my negligence, the specimen degraded.

I will attempt to edit this posting (I thought I previously had done so!) to remove the implied association with mines, and to locate the remaining image of this specimen

And to search again for more next year!

It doesn't have the strongly curved labial palps characteristic of Gelechioidea. Perhaps a Tineid or a Plutellid? I have no idea. Have you tried sending these images to Terry Harrison? He might know.

Terry Harrison identified this image by private email. Thanks to Terry, Kyle, and Charley - and I'll transfer it over.

The palps must have broken off.