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Mompha cephalonthiella - Hodges#1433 (Mompha cephalonthiella)
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Copyright © 2011
tom murray
Buttonbush Leafminer -
Mompha cephalonthiella
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 2, 2011
Size: 3mm from head to wingtip
The closest I can come up with is Walshia.
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 3 July, 2011 - 11:54am
Last updated 11 June, 2014 - 6:11am
Moved
Moved from
Mompha
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Charley Eiseman
, 11 June, 2014 - 5:51am
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cephalonthiella
This is
Mompha cephalonthiella
. It looks a lot like the related
M. solomoni
but has a bluish cast to some of the forewing scales and lacks the black-edged white crescent marking on the forewing.
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Terry Harrison
, 10 June, 2014 - 11:03pm
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Moved
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Thanks Charley.
It sure looks like a Mompha, I just didn't see a good match for the species.
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tom murray
, 16 November, 2013 - 10:48pm
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I'd look in Mompha
Just a suggestion.
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Charley Eiseman
, 16 November, 2013 - 7:52pm
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