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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Litini » Coleotechnites » Coleotechnites quercivorella - Hodges#1828 (Coleotechnites quercivorella)
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Twirler Moth - Hodges #1828 - Coleotechnites quercivorella
Copyright © 2012 Robert Lord Zimlich

Twirler Moth - Hodges #1828 - Coleotechnites quercivorella
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
April 22, 2012
Size: ~10mm
Looks sorta like a cross between a Diamondback (no white patch on side)and a Skunk (way to early). Close moth of some denomination? Thanks
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 23 April, 2012 - 2:04pm
Last updated 8 July, 2012 - 7:41pm

Moved
Moved from Coleotechnites.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 8 July, 2012 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.

Either C. quercivorella or C. florae. Thanks
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 24 April, 2012 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

 
I was just guessing from one
I was just guessing from one that got IDed here for me. :3 Looks a lot like that.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 24 April, 2012 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

Maybe Coleotechnites quercivo
Maybe Coleotechnites quercivorella ?
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 24 April, 2012 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

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