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Photo#445052
Pre-tort moth - Setomorpha rutella
Copyright © 2010 Steve Scott

Pre-tort moth - Setomorpha rutella

Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
June 19, 2010
Attracted to my garage light. Major candidates are 2052 – Frumenta nundinella(I have another specimen that clearly ID's as that species from the same night)

and 0334 – Amydria effrentella.

I am leaning toward the second because of the regularity of the splotches along the costal edge the length of the palps.

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Pre-tort moth - Setomorpha rutella Pre-tort moth - Setomorpha rutella
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Contributed by Steve Scott on 20 August, 2010 - 11:11pm
Last updated 14 April, 2023 - 3:43am

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Moved
Moved from Clothes Moths.
… Aaron Hunt, 14 April, 2023 - 3:43am login or register to post comments

Moved tenatively.
Moved from Moths.
… Brad Barnd, 21 August, 2010 - 3:13am login or register to post comments

Not Gelechioid, Probably Tineidae
Big problem giving IDs from photos in this family, which has at least 70 new species to be described in forthcoming MONA monograph (how soon is unknown). (no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 21 August, 2010 - 2:21am login or register to post comments

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