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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Fairy Moths and kin (Adeloidea) » Shield Bearer Moths (Heliozelidae) » Heliozela » Heliozela aesella - Hodges#0230 (Heliozela aesella)
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Micro Moth - Heliozela aesella
Copyright © 2009 David E. Reed

Micro Moth - Heliozela aesella
Chanhassen, Carver County, Minnesota, USA
May 17, 2009
Size: 3 mm long
Perhaps something in Elachistidae?
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Contributed by David E. Reed on 18 May, 2009 - 11:59am
Last updated 7 December, 2010 - 3:24am

Moved to Heliozela aesella
Moved from Moths.

Tentative ID based on linked image below and image at Microleps here. That site says "... it flies near the ground in deciduous forest, on warm days in late April and early May (central Illinois). The combination of size and coloration (bronzy metallic with two white triangles on hind margin of forewing) should render it unmistakably distinguishable from any other microlepidoptera species that occurs in Illinois."
… Steve Nanz, 7 December, 2010 - 3:24am login or register to post comments

 
I concur...
...that this is Heliozela aesella.
… Terry Harrison, 24 April, 2011 - 1:16am login or register to post comments

0230 – Heliozela aesella?
No, I think this is in Heliozelidae. Let's see what others thinks.
… Steve Nanz, 2 December, 2010 - 4:23am login or register to post comments

 
Sure looks like it
to me :^)
… Karl Hillig, 2 December, 2010 - 8:14am login or register to post comments

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