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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Grapholitini » Ephippiphora » Grapholita conversana - Hodges#3435 (Ephippiphora conversana)
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tiny silver metallic moth - Ephippiphora conversana
Copyright © 2009 Lynette Elliott

tiny silver metallic moth - Ephippiphora conversana
McCollum Park, Lynnwood, Washington, USA
May 31, 2009
Size: around 8 mm
I was thinking twirler moth, but don't see any matches.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 1 June, 2009 - 4:03pm
Last updated 1 June, 2009 - 5:18pm

Moved
Moved from Moths. Many thanks to both of you.
… Lynette Elliott, 1 June, 2009 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

Grapholita, probably 3431 - G. caerulana or 3435 - G. conversana
I'd pick 3435 - Grapholita conversana as the best tentative choice. There could be others, including undescribed species (there is one mentioned in the California Moths Database). California lists 10 species of which one is rare and can probably be forgotten. I can rule out seven other species based on photos at MPG. Your moth can only possibly fit the two species mentioned above. Conversana looks closest to me.
… Bob Patterson, 1 June, 2009 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

Near Grapholita?
Reminds me of a Grapholita.
… John F. Carr, 1 June, 2009 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

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