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small moth - New-genus-on-dichanthelium new-species
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

small moth - New-genus-on-dichanthelium new-species
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 16, 2008
Contributed by tom murray on 16 September, 2008 - 10:22pm
Last updated 22 October, 2016 - 8:48am

OK, still waiting to be moved, if we understand correctly are

Not sure how you feel about the darker ones with white legs
etc.
… john and jane balaban, 22 October, 2016 - 2:13pm

Moved
Moved from Acrocercops astericola.

This seems to be the best match, based on the specimens of the three possible species that I have personally reared and uploaded to BugGuide... I can tell you, based on leaf mines, that this unnamed species is extremely common in Massachusetts.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 October, 2016 - 8:48am

and white legs too!
and white legs too!
… john and jane balaban, 22 October, 2016 - 4:32am

White dorsal margin
This is another one I'm skeptical about.
… Charley Eiseman, 8 October, 2016 - 9:52pm

Moved
Moved from Caloptilia.
… tom murray, 16 October, 2009 - 7:47pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 16 October, 2009 - 7:11pm

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