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Photo#345128
Lithariapteryx jubarella

Lithariapteryx jubarella
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, USA
March 15, 1997
Size: Costal FW about 5 mm
This moth in on Wishbone Plant (Mirabilis bigelovii), its presumed larval food plant, in Little Surprise Canyon. Often we see it on the centers of composite sunflower-like flowers such as Brittlebush, Parish's Viguiera and Linear Goldenbush.

Identified by Ron Leuschner.

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