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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Burrowing Webworm Moths (Acrolophinae) » Tubeworm Moths (Acrolophus) » Clemens' Grass Tubeworm Moth - Hodges#0373 (Acrolophus popeanella)
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Acrolophus sp. - Acrolophus popeanella
Copyright © 2015 Nigel Grindley

Acrolophus sp. - Acrolophus popeanella
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
August 2, 2015
ID help much appreciated.

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Acrolophus sp. - Acrolophus popeanella Acrolophus sp. - Acrolophus popeanella
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Contributed by Nigel Grindley on 10 August, 2015 - 9:10pm
Last updated 10 August, 2023 - 5:01pm

Moved
Moved from Walsingham's Grass Tubeworm Moth.

Sorry, not sure why I put this one in propinqua 5 years ago. It's a worn popeanella
… Paul Dennehy, 10 August, 2023 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
I thought so…
I removed the species from our island checklist a while back. Thanks for getting back to this moth.
… Aaron Hunt, 11 August, 2023 - 1:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tubeworm Moths.
… Paul Dennehy, 2 April, 2018 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Nigel Grindley, 11 November, 2015 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 22 August, 2015 - 11:35pm login or register to post comments

Nope
Acrolophidae. Your second Tineoid family.
… Aaron Hunt, 10 August, 2015 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Right!!
Jonn beat you to it. See the other image for further comments! I have also posted a different individual which may or may not be the same species . Thanks, Nigel.
… Nigel Grindley, 11 August, 2015 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Same here
I have my guesses for mine but they're so plainly and variably colored I can't be sure.

Also have this from a while back, which is how I recognized yours:
… Aaron Hunt, 11 August, 2015 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

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