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Caloptilia sp - Caloptilia belfragella

Caloptilia sp - Caloptilia belfragella
Webster Village, Harford County, Maryland, USA
July 3, 2017
Attracted to MV lamp / blacklight in rural residential neighborhood dominated by hardwoods (liriodendron, maple, oak, sweet gum). Warm, ~75 F, no wind, clear sky. Is this possibly C. superbifrontella?

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Terry, let me know if you think this one is better placed to genus.

 
Thanks
Thanks for your discussions, Aaron,Bkripto and Terry!

ID of this Moth…
Im seeing…
Azalea Leafminer
Caloptilia Azelea
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caloptilia_azaleella .

 
Caloptilia sp.
Another possibility is C. belfragella . In C. azaleella, the yellow marking on the forewing tends to fade gradually into the brown ground color of the wing, whereas in C. belfragella, the yellow marking has a sharp and clearly-cut edge, as in this moth.

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