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Sassafras Caloptilia - Hodges#0633 (Caloptilia sassafrasella)
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Copyright © 2012
Robert Lord Zimlich
Sassafras Caloptilia Moth - Hodges #0633 -
Caloptilia sassafrasella
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
March 5, 2012
Looks different form my usual
Azalea Leafminer
. Perhaps a Sumac Leafblotch Miner - Hodges #0630
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Contributed by
Robert Lord Zimlich
on 6 March, 2012 - 12:52pm
Last updated 2 September, 2015 - 11:23pm
Moved
Moved from
Leaf Blotch Miner Moths
.
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Charley Eiseman
, 26 April, 2012 - 12:47pm
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C. sassafrasella
I would call this
Caloptilia sassafrasella
. It is a bit more mahogany brown than
C. rhoifoliella
, which is more of a charcoal color. Also,
C. sassafrasella
has the forewings unusually slender in relation to length, even for a
Caloptilia
, and that looks to be the case here.
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Terry Harrison
, 26 April, 2012 - 12:26pm
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