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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fairy Moths and kin (Adeloidea) » Fairy Moths (Adelidae) » Adelinae » Cauchas » Cauchas dietziella sp. grp. - Hodges#0212 (Cauchas dietziella)
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small moth - Cauchas dietziella
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

small moth - Cauchas dietziella
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 16, 2009
Size: 4.4mm
It looks similar in shape and size to the Eriocrania semipurpurella I recently posted, but definitely a different species.
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Contributed by tom murray on 17 May, 2009 - 1:55pm
Last updated 1 July, 2009 - 7:35pm

Moved
Moved from Cauchas.
… tom murray, 1 July, 2009 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

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… tom murray, 1 July, 2009 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

0212-0213 Cauchas dietziella sp. grp.
I received the following from Don Davis at the USNM, to whom I had sent the photograph:

"Without dissecting, I can't be certain, but it seems most similar to one our eastern species of Cauchas (Adelidae), either cyanella [0213 (Busck, 1915)] or dietziella [0212 (Kearfott, 1908)]."

Since it requires dissection to determine the species, I suggest setting up a "0212-0213 Cauchas dietziella sp. grp." to accommodate this and any similar photographs that might come along.
… Bob Patterson, 30 June, 2009 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

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