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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Cochylini » Phtheochroa
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Eastern Black-headed Budworm Moth? - Phtheochroa
Copyright © 2012 Jay Greenberg

Eastern Black-headed Budworm Moth? - Phtheochroa
Brighton, Monroe County, New York, USA
August 5, 2012
Size: 15 mm wingspan
This tentative ID seems to be a highly variable species, as suggested by its species name. My photo resembles these specimens at BugGuide.net:

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Contributed by Jay Greenberg on 29 August, 2012 - 1:14pm
Last updated 21 November, 2015 - 4:22pm

Moved
Moved from Tortricinae.
… Kyhl Austin, 21 November, 2015 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Jay Greenberg, 2 February, 2014 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

Mouthparts
Those long mouthparts seem wrong, but I don't know what else to suggest... Sparganothis is the only tortricid that comes to mind that has such pronounced mouthparts.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 February, 2014 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

 
Re: Mouthparts
I'm now inclined to think it is one of the Cochylini, maybe a Phtheochroa species.
… Jay Greenberg, 13 August, 2014 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

 
I agree with Phtheochroa
.
… Kyhl Austin, 21 November, 2015 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

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