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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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Unidentified moth - Acrolophus plumifrontella
Copyright © 2021 John Van Dyk, Sr.

Unidentified moth - Acrolophus plumifrontella
Marion, Williamson County, Illinois, USA
June 13, 2021
Size: 16 mm total length
This moth looks like a Prominent or Sallow. Its markings are somewhat like that of a Little Carpenter Moth (Prionoxystus macmurtei), but that species is much larger. What might it be?

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Unidentified moth - Acrolophus plumifrontella Unidentified moth - Acrolophus plumifrontella
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Contributed by John Van Dyk, Sr. on 15 June, 2021 - 7:51pm
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

Just a guess
but maybe Species Acrolophus plumifrontella - Eastern Grass-tubeworm Moth - Hodges#0372.
… Grammazoo, 15 June, 2021 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! Great guess! That's w
Thanks! Great guess! That's what it is.
… John Van Dyk, Sr., 16 June, 2021 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 15 June, 2021 - 10:40pm login or register to post comments

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