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Cold Weather Moth - Acleris chalybeana

Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
January 19, 2010

Found on my snow shovel handle on a cold January night when 38 cankerworm moths and a couple of one other kind of unknown moth were out. Also, an ant, a winter-red green lacewing, a small cranefly, and a bunch of globular springtails. Quite a collection for such cold temperatures!

It was 39 degrees F out.

Other unknown moth kind:

Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 24 February, 2010 - 10:28pm
Last updated 12 October, 2017 - 1:55pm

Moved

Moved from Schaller's Acleris Moth.

… Paul Dennehy, 12 October, 2017 - 1:55pm

Moved

Moved from Moths.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 April, 2010 - 8:40pm

Looks Like 3527 - Acleris schalleriana

...frequently seen in winter in our area. (no rsvp, thanks)

… Bob Patterson, 26 February, 2010 - 5:40pm

maybe 3523 – Acleris cornana

I think that this one might be

3523 – Acleris cornana

More photos to compare yours to can be found at MPG

… Nina, 26 February, 2010 - 2:20pm

That does look

very much like it. Thank you!

… Ashley Bradford, 26 February, 2010 - 2:25pm

Appears to be a Tortricid of some kind.

I wouldn't want to hazard a more specific guess than that, but you might want to look around here while waiting for a moth expert to come along.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 February, 2010 - 7:21am

Thanks!

I think I got it down to Acleris, but beyond that I'm not sure.

… Ashley Bradford, 25 February, 2010 - 11:19am

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