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Wings - Moth Number Two - Talponia plummeriana

Wings - Moth Number Two - Talponia plummeriana
Tracys Landing, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
July 27, 2017
As you can tell from my title I have two similar creatures and I will post the other shortly. Both look similar to Talponia plummeriana on a paw-paw leaves in our yard. Please let me know if that is in fact what this creature is as I am not an expert. The creatures were really small, less than 5 mm in length. Sorry that the quality leaves something to be desired as these were taken with my cell phone and cropped.

Wings - Moth Number One:

Photo 1699e2 shows the moth in a resting posture and the wings look similar to other Talponia plummeriana in the guide.
Photo 1694e1ce1 shows the moth's wings looking more like an airplane wing with various parts up and down and angled.

Wings - Moth Number Two:

Photo 0912e2 shows the moth in a resting posture and the wings look similar to other Talponia plummeriana in the guide.
Photo 0916ce1 shows the moth's wings looking more like an airplane wing with various parts up and down and angled.
Photo 0908ce4 shows the moths wings somewhere in between.

Does this tiny moth have control over its wings similar to an aircraft. Here is a link to parts of an airplane just in case it helps, https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/airplane.html

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Wings - Moth Number Two - Talponia plummeriana Wings - Moth Number Two - Talponia plummeriana Wings - Moth Number Two - Talponia plummeriana

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