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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Gracillariinae » Caloptilia » Caloptilia murtfeldtella - Hodges#0614 (Caloptilia murtfeldtella)
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Not a moth? - Caloptilia murtfeldtella
Copyright © 2013 John Ashley

Not a moth? - Caloptilia murtfeldtella
Rogers Lake, west of Kila, MT, Flathead County, Montana, USA
July 28, 2013
Size: approx. 9mm in length
Perched on stucco wall below porch light. Unable to identify on BAMONA.

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Not a moth? - Caloptilia murtfeldtella Not a moth? - Caloptilia murtfeldtella
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Contributed by John Ashley on 24 August, 2013 - 12:31pm
Last updated 8 June, 2015 - 3:46am

Moved to Caloptilia murtfeldtella
Moved from Caloptilia.

ID accepted at MPG.
… Steve Nanz, 8 June, 2015 - 3:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 December, 2013 - 9:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 3 September, 2013 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

How about 0614

Maybe one of the moth specialists will be able to confirm.
… john and jane balaban, 24 August, 2013 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you nailed it! Looks
I think you nailed it! Looks right to me, but I'll defer to you guys - you're the experts. If you think it's correct, then I'll go along with it. Thanks!
… John Ashley, 24 August, 2013 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you nailed it! Looks
I think you nailed it! Looks right to me, but I'll defer to you guys - you're the experts. If you think it's correct, then I'll go along with it. Thanks!

By the way, I had another one perch in the same location last night. Didn't photograph or collect it.
… John Ashley, 24 August, 2013 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

Lovely creature!
We couldn't make a match with any of the live photos on MPG either :(
But hopefully someone will recognize it!
… john and jane balaban, 24 August, 2013 - 1:32pm login or register to post comments

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