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Agonopterix sp.? - Psilocorsis
Copyright © 2012 tom murray

Agonopterix sp.? - Psilocorsis
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 17, 2012
Contributed by tom murray on 19 June, 2012 - 8:37pm
Last updated 1 May, 2014 - 4:37am

Moved - Don't Frass
Moved from Gelechioidea.

I think we should preserve Terry Harrison's comment below. I din't know about the palpi stripes.
… Steve Nanz, 1 May, 2014 - 4:37am

Psilocorsis
This is one of the Psilocorsis spp., I don't know which one. It looks as though it has been through a bit of physical trauma, with the large rubbed area on the forewings and only one labial palp remaining (but the white stripe can clearly be seen on the third segment of that palp, and the stripe is a tipoff that the moth is a Psilocorsis).
… Terry Harrison, 30 April, 2014 - 9:57pm

Moved for Further Investigation
Moved from Moths.

Certainly looks close to Agonopterix, just can't find a match :(
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 17 May, 2013 - 10:44am

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