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Donacaula albicostellus - female
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Donacaula albicostellus - Female
Pine Brook, Isanti County, Minnesota, USA
August 9, 2003
Size: WS (pinned) 34 mm.
Using the plates in Martinez, 2010, I believe this a good match for D. albicostellus, previously a subspecies of D. melinellus. Judging by the shape of the forewings I think it is a female.

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Donacaula albicostellus - female Donacaula albicostellus - female
Contributed by jim sogaard on 5 February, 2018 - 7:36am
Last updated 18 December, 2019 - 9:50am

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