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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Shiny Head-Standing Moths (Argyresthiidae) » Argyresthia » Argyresthia pygmaeella - Hodges#2474 (Argyresthia pygmaeella)
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Shiny Head-Standing Moth - Argyresthia pygmaeella
Copyright © 2012 Jim Moore

Shiny Head-Standing Moth - Argyresthia pygmaeella
Chester, Plumas County, California, USA
July 7, 2011
Size: Forewing length 6mm
Similar to some of the Argyresthia moths as shown at MPG: numbers 2444-2484.

Any further ID help is appreciated - Thanks!


Species ID Update:
ID for this specimen to species Argyresthia pygmaeella was provided by BOLD Systems via DNA. DNA for this specimen is a solid 100% match with several specimens, and a 99.83% match with many other specimens, of this species at BOLD.

See here for Argyresthia pygmaeella species page at BOLD Systems:
And here for BOLD's A. pygmaeella Public Data Portal - BIN Page.
And here for this specimen's Record Page at BOLD Systems.


See also species pages at MPG and E. H. Strickland Museum.

However may actually be Argyresthia chalcochrysa? See comment on page of pinned image.

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 27 August, 2012 - 1:34am
Last updated 24 April, 2023 - 1:56pm

Moved
Moved from Argyresthia.
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