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moth 2019_07_28 IMG_5438 - Mompha terminella
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moth 2019_07_28 IMG_5438 - Mompha terminella
Brighton twp, Livingston County, Michigan, USA
July 28, 2019
Size: 5 mm
came to light

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moth 2019_07_28 IMG_5438 - Mompha terminella moth 2019_07_28 IMG_5438 - Mompha terminella moth 2019_07_28 IMG_5438 - Mompha terminella
Contributed by jeffmoore on 29 July, 2019 - 4:12pm
Last updated 21 August, 2019 - 12:16am

Moved to Mompha terminella
Moved from Butterflies and Moths. Looks good to me
… Aaron Hunt, 21 August, 2019 - 12:16am

maybe Mompha terminella?
maybe Mompha terminella?
… jeffmoore, 30 July, 2019 - 1:35pm

 
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Your lateral image does seem to match but it would be a first for Michigan and I am no expert so someone else would need to move it to species.
… A. Hendrickson, 1 August, 2019 - 9:20am

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