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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Anacampsinae » Anacampsini » Holophysis » Holophysis emblemella - Hodges#2255 (Holophysis emblemella)
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spinning moth - Holophysis emblemella
Copyright © 2011 Kim Fleming

spinning moth - Holophysis emblemella
Donalds, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
May 10, 2011
found this moth twirling around what seemed a fixed point on a leaf.
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Contributed by Kim Fleming on 10 May, 2011 - 12:52pm
Last updated 10 May, 2011 - 3:39pm

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… Randy Hardy, 10 May, 2011 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
2255 – Holophysis emblemella. You can see at MPG. No species page on BugGuide yet. I'll send this to Bob Patterson for confirmation and addition to MPG plates, and create BG page if warrented. Very nice!
… Randy Hardy, 10 May, 2011 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

 
2255 - Holophysis emblemella
Looks right to me. Nice pic, Kim.
… Bob Patterson, 10 May, 2011 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
it practically never stopped moving and most of the photos came out blurry or not in focus, so was lucky to get this shot. it soon flew away.
… Kim Fleming, 10 May, 2011 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
... I tried but could not find a match for it here. interesting!
… Kim Fleming, 10 May, 2011 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

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