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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Lithocolletinae » Phyllonorycter
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Shiny Head-standing Moth - Phyllonorycter
Copyright © 2008 Kevin Hall

Shiny Head-standing Moth - Phyllonorycter
Lacey (near Olympia), Thurston County, Washington, USA
August 12, 2008
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Contributed by Kevin Hall on 13 August, 2008 - 3:34pm
Last updated 15 December, 2016 - 8:04am

Moved
Moved from Argyresthia.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 December, 2016 - 8:04am login or register to post comments

Argyresthia
It certainly is an Argyresthia but I can't find a match for it in the Guide, MPG, or Microleps.org. If you find another one and can get a lateral view as well as dorsal, that would help too.
… David E. Reed, 13 August, 2008 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Gracillariidae?
Those tufts around the head make think something in the subfamily Lithocolletinae within Gracillariidae.

Something close to this:
… Steve Nanz, 3 February, 2010 - 4:00am login or register to post comments

 
Agreed
This is not an Argyresthia and I agree with Steve thinking this is likely a lithocolletine gracillariid.
… Jacob A. Gorneau, 10 December, 2016 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

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