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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Litini » Agnippe » Agnippe prunifoliella - Hodges#1771 (Agnippe prunifoliella)
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Filigreed Chimoptesis - Hodges #3273 (Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana) - Agnippe prunifoliella
Copyright © 2010 Richard Wolfert

Filigreed Chimoptesis - Hodges #3273 (Chimoptesis pennsylvaniana) - Agnippe prunifoliella
East Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
July 20, 2010
Size: 3mm ?
This might have been a speck of dust on the screen near compact fluorescent lights at the back of the house.
Were it not for the posture, I wouldn't have ID'd it as a moth.
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Contributed by Richard Wolfert on 23 July, 2010 - 12:45pm
Last updated 27 January, 2015 - 4:10pm

Moved
Moved from Gelechioidea.
… Charley Eiseman, 27 January, 2015 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

Agnippe prunifoliella
This is Agnippe prunifoliella (Gelechiidae).
… Terry Harrison, 15 January, 2015 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Filigreed Chimoptesis.

The large up-curved palps are more gelechioid-looking, it reminds me of Polix coloradella, though I am not certain.
… Jason J. Dombroskie, 7 April, 2011 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

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