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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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June Moth - Acrolophus texanella
Copyright © 2012 Lisa Dolliver

June Moth - Acrolophus texanella
Cedar Hill, Dallas County, Texas, USA
June 10, 2012
Thanks for any help!
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Contributed by Lisa Dolliver on 28 December, 2012 - 11:50am
Last updated 29 December, 2012 - 3:23pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lisa Dolliver, 29 December, 2012 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

Acrolophus texanella
I would go with female Acrolophus texanella (Acrolophidae).
… Terry Harrison, 29 December, 2012 - 12:10am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you so much!
I'm curious what distinguishes the sexes.
… Lisa Dolliver, 29 December, 2012 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Labial palpi
In most spp. of Acrolophus, males have unusually long labial palpi (so long that they curve back up over the thorax), as seen, e. g., here, whereas females have much shorter, more typcally moth-length labial palpi, as in your moth.
… Terry Harrison, 29 December, 2012 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much!
Thanks for the info. On Acrolophus! My understanding is growing, but slowly. Thanks!
… Lisa Dolliver, 29 December, 2012 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

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