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Buckwheat visiting small moth - Choreutis sexfasciella
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Buckwheat visiting small moth - Choreutis sexfasciella
Inglewood, California, USA
June 26, 2020
Size: 1/4 inch
Small moth visiting California Buckwheat flowers
Contributed by stonebird on 26 June, 2020 - 2:32pm
Last updated 29 December, 2020 - 11:39am

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… Aaron Hunt, 29 December, 2020 - 11:39am

some kind of metalmark moth
...resembling Choreutis pariana but with relatively straight AM and basal lines, dark blotches in the median and subterminal areas, pale head & "shoulders", and a fringe with lots of pale scales.

That combination doesn't seem to fit any of the related species/genera I've looked at, so I'm not sure what this one is.
… Robin McLeod, 31 August, 2020 - 3:13am

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