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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Cochylini » Agapeta » Sulphur Knapweed Moth - Hodges#3762 (Agapeta zoegana)
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Small Yellow Moth - Agapeta zoegana
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Small Yellow Moth - Agapeta zoegana
Thompson Falls, Sanders County, Montana, USA
July 24, 2005
Oecophoridae?
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 7 August, 2005 - 3:19pm
Last updated 27 December, 2008 - 11:47am

Knapweed Root Borer Moth....
....released and established in western states, including Montana, as biological control agents. See Cornell Info. Thanks, Jeff!
… Bob Patterson, 10 November, 2005 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

wow, nice shot. I've never se
wow, nice shot. I've never seen anything like this. There are no oecophorids this colorful, though I'm still stumped on the family, pyralid maybe.
… Dennis Profant, 8 August, 2005 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Tortricid
I think this is a tortricid. It is superficially similar to Agapeta zoegana which is common in Britain.

Check my website at http://jeffhiggott.topcities.com/lepidoptera/systematic_list/Tortricidae/938.html

J.
… Jeffh, 10 November, 2005 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

 
you're
right, they're almost identical! Thanks.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 November, 2005 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

 
Well,
if it helps at all I found this one in both locations in Montana... Anaconda and Thompson Falls. Although, I only saw one in Anaconda and two in Thompson Falls. Estimated size is about 13 mm.
… Lynette Elliott, 8 August, 2005 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

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