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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Gracillariinae » Caloptilia » Caloptilia serotinella - Hodges#0637 (Caloptilia serotinella)
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Gracillariid - Caloptilia serotinella
Copyright © 2011 Charley Eiseman

Gracillariid - Caloptilia serotinella
Sunderland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
December 27, 2011
Size: 7 mm
This just started fluttering around my desk lamp--maybe it had been hibernating on some firewood I brought in today.
Sort of reminds me of:
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 27 December, 2011 - 9:24pm
Last updated 19 August, 2013 - 9:11am

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… Charley Eiseman, 19 August, 2013 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

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Nope, no Christmas tree... A lot of gracillariids do overwinter behind bark, so I think the firewood is the most likely explanation. Part of the reason the Lilac Leafminer came to mind is that there are several lilac bushes right near the wood pile. I only started living here in November, so I didn't see if they had any mined/rolled leaves.
… Charley Eiseman, 5 January, 2012 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

Looks like a Caloptilia
They can sometimes emerge from foliage brought in during the winter. If you put up a Christmas tree in your house, there's a chance he came from there...
… Paul Dennehy, 5 January, 2012 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

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