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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gnorimoschemini
Photo#1127786
Please help to identify this moth
Copyright © 2015 Andrew Kahl

Please help to identify this moth
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
July 25, 2015
Size: ~3.5mm
This drab minuscule month came to light at night.
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Contributed by Andrew Kahl on 24 August, 2015 - 10:28pm
Last updated 28 December, 2018 - 12:11am

Moved
Moved from Twirler Moths and kin.
… Aaron Hunt, 28 December, 2018 - 12:11am login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 8 September, 2015 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

Gelechiid
there are a group of similar looking Gelechiid moths that are difficult to distinguish somewhere within genus Symmetrischema to Keiferia ... you may want to begin there.
… Marcia Morris, 25 August, 2015 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

 
Gelechiid
Thanks, Marcia.
As always, your advice is very helpful.

Andrew

P.S.
Could you kindly pore over my BugGuide image collection and lend an insight about some unidentified specimens?

Andrew
… Andrew Kahl, 27 August, 2015 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

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