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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 » Gelechiini » Chionodes » obscurusella group (Chionodes obscurusella group) » thoraceochrella complex (Chionodes thoraceochrella complex) » Chionodes thoraceochrella - Hodges#2119 (Chionodes thoraceochrella)
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Beech-munching larva (adult) - Chionodes thoraceochrella
Copyright © 2013 Charley Eiseman

Beech-munching larva (adult) - Chionodes thoraceochrella
Mt. Toby, Sunderland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
June 28, 2012
Size: 6 mm

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 11 January, 2013 - 9:24pm
Last updated 21 January, 2015 - 6:55pm

DNA barcode
BOLD:AAA4438
… Charley Eiseman, 15 February, 2020 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chionodes bicostomaculella.
ID by Jean-François Landry (dissected); specimen in the Canadian National Collection.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 January, 2015 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gelechiini.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 January, 2013 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
Terry Harrison tells me he's pretty sure this is a Chionodes, but I'll stick it here for now.
As a matter of fact, I even own some records, but it's been a while since the record player was attached to anything.
… Charley Eiseman, 12 January, 2013 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Chionodes bicostomaculella
After looking through Chionodes, Filatima, and Aroga, the best match on basis of appearance of the adult, geographic range, and larval foodplant is, in my opinion, Chionodes bicostomaculella.
… Terry Harrison, 19 January, 2013 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
This and a number of other microleps are still in my freezer, waiting for me to get around to pinning and spreading them, but eventually this ID can be verified by examination of the specimen.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 January, 2013 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

Just a thought ...
Perhaps something in Gelechiini? BTW I rotated your moth ... easier to ID. Otherwise, it's like trying to read the label on a spinning record. Wait, do you even remember records :)
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… Robert Lord Zimlich, 12 January, 2013 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 January, 2013 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

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