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Small orange moth with gold metallic spots - Neoheliodines
Copyright © 2012 Bob Webster

Small orange moth with gold metallic spots - Neoheliodines
Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
May 15, 2012
Size: 5 mm
I see similar moths in Mompha terminella, Chrysoclista linneella, and Cosmopterix, but nothing really matches.

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Contributed by Bob Webster on 15 May, 2012 - 10:39pm
Last updated 18 October, 2022 - 8:52pm

Moved
Moved from Sun Moths.
… Elliott Gordon, 18 October, 2022 - 8:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 May, 2012 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

Heliodinidae
Definitely Heliodinidae. A couple of the species covered in Hsu and Powell here (e.g., Neoheliodines melanobasilarus, N. hodgesi) are possibilities.
… Terry Harrison, 15 May, 2012 - 11:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
That really had me puzzled.
… Bob Webster, 16 May, 2012 - 12:25am login or register to post comments

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