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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Litini » Arogalea » Stripe-backed Moth - Hodges#1851 (Arogalea cristifasciella)
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Small White Moth - Arogalea cristifasciella
Copyright © 2012 Ashley Bradford

Small White Moth - Arogalea cristifasciella
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
April 26, 2011
Size: 6mm
Found near my patio lights at night.
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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 20 September, 2012 - 11:02pm
Last updated 7 March, 2014 - 1:31pm

Moved
Moved from Twirler Moths.

This is Arogalea cristifasciella.
… Terry Harrison, 7 March, 2014 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 12 February, 2014 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

moth
I don't know what it is but I found one quite similar --
… Ilona L., 21 September, 2012 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

 
It does look similar
I was going through my previous submissions and found this one:



It looks like mine but not enough for me to be convinced it's the same. It looks even more like yours, I think.
… Ashley Bradford, 24 September, 2012 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

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