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micro moth - Bucculatrix copeuta - male
Copyright © 2016 tom murray

micro moth - Bucculatrix copeuta - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 20, 2016

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micro moth - Bucculatrix copeuta - male micro moth - Bucculatrix copeuta - male micro moth - Bucculatrix copeuta - male
Contributed by tom murray on 21 June, 2016 - 11:41am
Last updated 21 November, 2021 - 11:06am

Moved
Moved from Bucculatrix.
Identified by Terry Harrison from this plate.
… tom murray, 25 February, 2018 - 11:08pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
John & Jane I looked at that species and it looks good except it doesn't have the double black spot at the end of the wing. It looks like one of the Bucculatrix, so I moved it to the genus page.
… tom murray, 21 June, 2016 - 3:28pm

Wonder if it might be something like
0496 Bucculatrix inusitata. Not many images to compare. Here's Bold
… john and jane balaban, 21 June, 2016 - 1:58pm

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