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Photo#745933
April Fool's Moth - a gelechiod, I think - Holcocera
Copyright © 2013 William Donald Newton

April Fool's Moth - a gelechiod, I think - Holcocera
Chamblee, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
April 1, 2012

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April Fool's Moth - a gelechiod, I think - Holcocera April Fool's Moth - a gelechiod, I think - Holcocera April Fool's Moth - a gelechiod, I think - Holcocera
Contributed by William Donald Newton on 18 February, 2013 - 5:26pm
Last updated 3 December, 2020 - 9:14pm

Moved
Moved from Blastobasis.
… Aaron Hunt, 3 December, 2020 - 9:14pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Terry Harrison, 19 February, 2013 - 11:06am

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Terry Harrison, 19 February, 2013 - 11:05am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Cindy Mead, 18 February, 2013 - 11:01pm

Blastobasis sp.
This is a blastobasine coleophorid. Your photo 745935 shows the type of antennal "notch" that is characteristic of male Blastobasis spp., so it is something in that genus. I can't determine it beyond that on sight.
… Terry Harrison, 18 February, 2013 - 7:15pm

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