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Ellabella melanoclista, #2349 - Ellabella melanoclista
Copyright © 2013 Chuck Sexton

Ellabella melanoclista, #2349 - Ellabella melanoclista
n.w. Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
January 19, 2013
Size: TL 14mm, FW 12mm
This set of images provides a first record for BG. However, I owe a debt of gratitude to Val G. Bugh for preceding me in identifying this curious moth. See Val's image on MPG here and on her own web page for Copromorphidae.

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Contributed by Chuck Sexton on 20 January, 2013 - 8:37am
Last updated 20 January, 2013 - 11:20am

Moved
Moved from Ellabella.
… Maury J. Heiman, 20 January, 2013 - 11:20am

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