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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Burrowing Webworm Moths (Acrolophinae) » Tubeworm Moths (Acrolophus) » Eastern Grass-tubeworm Moth - Hodges#0372 (Acrolophus plumifrontella)
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?Tube moth - Acrolophus plumifrontella - male
Copyright © 2020 Clay Nichols

?Tube moth - Acrolophus plumifrontella - Male
Camp Creek , Burke County, North Carolina, USA
July 3, 2020

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?Tube moth - Acrolophus plumifrontella ?Tube moth - Acrolophus plumifrontella - male ?Tube moth - Acrolophus plumifrontella ?Tube moth - Acrolophus plumifrontella
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Contributed by Clay Nichols on 6 July, 2020 - 5:25pm
Last updated 9 August, 2023 - 8:29pm

Moved
Moved from Tubeworm Moths.
… Paul Dennehy, 9 August, 2023 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 7 July, 2020 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

Male
I think that someone else laid those eggs, lol. (probably) Did you catch more than one moth that night?
Notice the palps: ♀
… Bob Biagi, 7 July, 2020 - 12:59am login or register to post comments

 
Yes.
Yes.
… Clay Nichols, 7 July, 2020 - 4:17am login or register to post comments

 
OK
What happened? You deleted that image (#184755) after I placed it for you.??????? Why? That was a good shot of a female with eggs, to compare with the male's image above.
Now my comment looks really silly without it. You should always frass-before-deleting, unless the image is a duplicate or something like that.
Here is another female: ♀ Here is another male: ♂ Please do not (ever) delete images that anyone is using in a comment, unless that comment is really-really irrelevant.

Note, in this genus (generally) the females have palps that are short and point straight forward. The males have palps that are long and wrap backward, over their heads. = ♂
There are no eggs in that male's image. Therefore, I unchecked the "immature" box. There are no adult females in the first image. Therefore, I remove the checks for that, on that image as well.
… Bob Biagi, 7 July, 2020 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

a suggestion
Acrolophus plumifrontella - Eastern Grass-tubeworm Moth - Hodges#0372

… Marcia Morris, 6 July, 2020 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

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