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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Burrowing Webworm Moths (Acrolophinae) » Tubeworm Moths (Acrolophus) » Texas Grass Tubeworm  - Hodges#0383 (Acrolophus texanella)
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Texas Grass Tubeworm Moth - Acrolophus texanella
Copyright © 2012 Jon Rapp

Texas Grass Tubeworm Moth - Acrolophus texanella
Skidaway Island State Park, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
May 22, 2012
Size: 1cm or less - very small
Found on lighted building at night. Could this be the Grass Tubeworm Moth - Acrolophus popeanella or Acrolophus texanella?
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Contributed by Jon Rapp on 30 June, 2012 - 7:27pm
Last updated 25 January, 2014 - 10:55am

Moved
Moved from Tubeworm Moths.
… Jon Rapp, 25 January, 2014 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

 
Yes -
Robert Zimlich had it correct already 1 1/2 years ago!
… Peter Homann, 25 January, 2014 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

Moved for Expert ID
Moved from ID Request.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 22 July, 2012 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Relying on an expert's opinion:
According to Ken Childs' criterion spelled out here it is, in fact, Acrolophus texanella
… Peter Homann, 24 January, 2014 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Peter!
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… Jon Rapp, 25 January, 2014 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

Looks like ...
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 22 July, 2012 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

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