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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 » Exoteleia » chillcotti or pinifoliella (Exoteleia chillcotti or pinifoliella) » Exoteleia chillcotti - Hodges#1799 (Exoteleia chillcotti)
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twirler moth - Exoteleia chillcotti
Copyright © 2013 Larry McDaniel

twirler moth - Exoteleia chillcotti
Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
July 5, 2012
maybe Exoteleia chillcotti - Hodges#1799
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Contributed by Larry McDaniel on 4 April, 2013 - 7:36am
Last updated 16 March, 2014 - 3:23pm

Moved
Moved from Twirler Moths.
… Ken Childs, 16 March, 2014 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

 
1840 - Exoteleia pinifoliella?
I think all the images north of Alabama are in the Exoteleia pinifoliella species complex. Check out Mark's BOLD example here. I commented on this in the Moth Forum here.
… Steve Nanz, 17 January, 2015 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

 
I don't have a solution for h
I don't have a solution for how to handle these but I'm never satisfied with picking a line and saying on this side of the line is species A and on the other is species B. I've had too many bug species show up here in west TN that were well out of their expected ranges.
… Ken Childs, 17 January, 2015 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

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