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Buttonbush Leafminer - Mompha cephalonthiella
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.
Contributed by tom murray on 3 July, 2011 - 11:54am
Last updated 11 June, 2014 - 6:11am

Moved
Moved from Mompha.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 June, 2014 - 5:51am

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.
… Terry Harrison, 10 June, 2014 - 11:03pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
Thanks Charley.
It sure looks like a Mompha, I just didn't see a good match for the species.
… tom murray, 16 November, 2013 - 10:48pm

I'd look in Mompha
Just a suggestion.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 November, 2013 - 7:52pm

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