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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Enigmatic species » Possible Cosmopterigidae FL
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Copyright © 2012 Gregory Raterman

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Everglades Bear Lake Rd Parking lot, Monroe County, Florida, USA
March 1, 2012

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Contributed by Gregory Raterman on 16 May, 2012 - 9:32pm
Last updated 7 December, 2022 - 1:52pm

Moved
Moved from Twirler Moths and kin.
… Aaron Hunt, 7 December, 2022 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Kyhl Austin, 3 December, 2016 - 1:46am login or register to post comments

Gelechiidae?
I see you posted a couple more here and here. I'm leaning a bit more toward Gelechiidae. Some of the images in Telphusa have wings and palpi similarily shaped.
… Steve Nanz, 24 May, 2016 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

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Gregory, this is an interesting Cosmet. You could really help if you croped to just the image. I'd do it but on cell :)
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 17 May, 2012 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

Cosmet Moth
Looks like one of the. Cosmets, bv not one I recognise off-hand.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 17 May, 2012 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

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