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Lepidoptera - Pseudobryomima distans
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Lepidoptera - Pseudobryomima distans
Eastern Sierra, Mono County, California, USA
September 16, 2023
~7100' elevation, Rattlesnake Grade.
Contributed by Leslie Goethals on 26 September, 2023 - 9:11am
Last updated 28 September, 2023 - 8:14am

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Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 28 September, 2023 - 8:14am

Looks like...
It might be this tongue-twister, below. Compare with the Unciella and others.
Pseudobryomima distans:
… Bob Biagi, 26 September, 2023 - 1:36pm

 
Pseudobryomima distans
Thanks Bob. That's a typing twister too!:-)

I think you're on to something! It looks the most like P. distans from what I've been able to find. Unciella primula and flagrantis appear every season & to me,this moth does not look like either one of them.
… Leslie Goethals, 27 September, 2023 - 7:09am

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