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Photo#347063
brown & beige Moth with wing-length antennae - Oinophila v-flava

brown & beige Moth with wing-length antennae - Oinophila v-flava
Venice, Los Angeles County, California, USA
September 23, 2009
Size: ~ 9 mm
What a long antennae for such a small moth !

This should be the Yellow V Moth Oinophila v-flavum, a clothes moth home to Great Britain; now found along coastal areas of California.

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I'm not an expert, but I see no reason to doubt the ID... and I see now that this image has made it onto the MPG page.

 
Thanks, Charley !

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There is a guide page for it....
"Species Oinophila v-flavum - Hodges# 0434"

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