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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fairy Moths and kin (Adeloidea) » Shield Bearer Moths (Heliozelidae) » Heliozela
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Shield Bearer Moth - Heliozela
Copyright © 2016 Robert Lord Zimlich

Shield Bearer Moth - Heliozela
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
March 10, 2016
Size: TL ≈ 4mm
This is a new one for me. Looks like Heliozela aesella, even though charts are showing more northerly range. Hopefully, I will see another, and capture.

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 11 March, 2016 - 12:13am
Last updated 6 April, 2020 - 5:02pm

Moved
Moved from Shield Bearer Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 April, 2020 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

Heliozela aesella range
I've found galls of Heliozela aesella in the Everglades, so I wouldn't rule it out based on range.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 November, 2017 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved to Shield Bearer Moths
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