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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Depressariinae » Agonopterix » Thelma's Agonopterix - Hodges#0884 (Agonopterix thelmae)
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Grass Miner Moth - Agonopterix thelmae
Copyright © 2006 Cheryl Moorehead

Grass Miner Moth - Agonopterix thelmae
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
September 27, 2006
Size: less than 1/2 inch
A side view.

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Grass Miner Moth - Agonopterix thelmae Grass Miner Moth - Agonopterix thelmae
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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 30 September, 2006 - 3:01am
Last updated 31 May, 2013 - 11:38pm

Moved
Moved from Agonopterix argillacea.
… Charley Eiseman, 28 June, 2011 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

A. thelmae
I would call this Agonopterix thelmae. Agonopterix argillacea lacks the yellowish or orangish tint to the ground color that is seen in this moth (a good representative image of A. argillacea can be seen here).
… Terry Harrison, 28 June, 2011 - 8:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 30 September, 2006 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

0889 -- Agonopterix Moth -- Agonopterix argillacea
B.P.
… Bob Patterson, 30 September, 2006 - 6:06am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you for the ID.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 30 September, 2006 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

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