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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae
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Tiny Moth
Copyright © 2013 Robert Lord Zimlich

Tiny Moth
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
June 11, 2013
Size: ~2.5mm
Ectodoemia?
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 12 June, 2013 - 1:06am
Last updated 13 December, 2013 - 2:56pm

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… John F. Carr, 22 June, 2013 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

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I've just posted a tiny moth that resembles yours in structure (but you have captured way more detail 8-) I'll be curious to see what the experts decide.

… Marcia Morris, 13 June, 2013 - 6:56am login or register to post comments

 
Nepticulidae ...
Marcia,
The eye-caps on the antennae is distinctive to two genera of nepticulids, Stigmella and Ectoedemia. Since Terry Harrison hasn't weighed in, I seriously doubt we're going to get any farther than Nepticulidae. In which case, mine is off to the frass farm :)
Robert
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