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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Stenomatinae » Gonioterma » Gonioterma mistrella - Hodges#1032 (Gonioterma mistrella)
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Unknown Tan Moth - Gonioterma mistrella
Copyright © 2010 Mark H Brown

Unknown Tan Moth - Gonioterma mistrella
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA
August 2, 2010
Size: 1 cm
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Contributed by Mark H Brown on 28 August, 2010 - 9:26am
Last updated 30 March, 2018 - 4:05pm

Moved, Gonioterma mistrella
Moved from Concealer Moths.
… Aaron Hunt, 30 March, 2018 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

IMHO, it's Gonioterma mistrel
IMHO, it's Gonioterma mistrella.
… Ken Childs, 16 March, 2014 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Schneider, 24 September, 2010 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

Probably Oecophoridae: Possibly Antaeotricha sp.
Several species in a difficult group require genitalia or DNA for species level ID.

Flying moths are all adults. Juveniles are larvae or caterpillars. There is no gradual change in size or coloration in adults except that caused by wear/aging. Among adults there can be substantial variation in coloration.
… Bob Patterson, 28 August, 2010 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

 
I guess I worded that initial
I guess I worded that initial comment incorrectly Bob. Thats what I meant..what you said..."except that caused by wear/aging"
… M.L. W., 28 August, 2010 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

Gold-striped Leaftier Moth - Machimia tentoriferella
Could be a "Gold-striped Leaftier Moth" -- Machimia tentoriferella - Family: Oecophorid Moths (Oecophoridae) Subfamily: Depressariine Moths (Depressariinae)

or a Depressariodes sordidella...???????????????
… M.L. W., 28 August, 2010 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

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