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Bad hair day moth - Acrolophus popeanella

Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
August 19, 2007
Size: 1/2"

This moth was definitely having a bad hair day. Please help with ID.

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Bad hair day moth - Acrolophus popeanella

Bad hair day moth - Acrolophus popeanella

Contributed by Sam Houston on 5 September, 2007 - 7:20pm
Last updated 2 April, 2018 - 5:39pm

Moved

Moved from Tubeworm Moths.

… Paul Dennehy, 2 April, 2018 - 5:39pm

Heh -

I called mine "Glam rocker moth".

… Ashley Bradford, 5 September, 2007 - 10:43pm

Acrolophus sp.

Quite a few species of Acrolophus have the long, curved-back palps that create this appearance. Unfortunately, they are very difficult to separate at the species level.

… Bob Patterson, 5 September, 2007 - 8:32pm

Those are their palps???

Wow! Do they uncurve for use?

… Ashley Bradford, 5 September, 2007 - 10:42pm

Yes, they stick 'em in slurpies and other goodies

:-))

… Bob Patterson, 6 September, 2007 - 12:13am

Well

what better things to use them for! ;-)

… Ashley Bradford, 6 September, 2007 - 9:26am

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