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Eriocrania semipurpurella - Purplish Birch-miner Moth - Eriocrania semipurpurella
Copyright © 2014 Jennifer Forman Orth

Eriocrania semipurpurella - Purplish Birch-miner Moth - Eriocrania semipurpurella
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 25, 2014
Had this little moth show up at the black light. I believe it's Eriocrania semipurpurella - Purplish Birch-miner Moth - Hodges#0005. Thought it was just another Dyseriocrania until I got a closer look at the computer.
Contributed by Jennifer Forman Orth on 26 April, 2014 - 3:38pm

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