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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Dichomeridinae » Dichomeris » Dichomeris purpureofusca - Hodges#2308 (Dichomeris purpureofusca)
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Moth - Dichomeris purpureofusca
Copyright © 2014 Graham Montgomery

Moth - Dichomeris purpureofusca
Cornell Campus, Tompkins County, New York, USA
June 18, 2014
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 20 June, 2014 - 4:11pm
Last updated 6 May, 2019 - 6:59pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Dichomeris juncidella. Wings appear uniformly black, and palpi seem to match this species better as well.
… Aaron Hunt, 6 May, 2019 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

Tentatively moved
Moved from Twirler Moths.

Thanks for the help, guys.
… Graham Montgomery, 4 February, 2016 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gelechioidea.

Graham, I think this looks like . If you agree, please move to species.
… A. Hendrickson, 4 February, 2016 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 April, 2015 - 6:41pm login or register to post comments

Hmm... Glyphidocera lithodoxa?
A good match with this one__
... except yours doesn't have a orange head, only palps.
… Fyn Kynd, 20 June, 2014 - 6:10pm login or register to post comments

Dichomeris nonstrigella, I think
But doesn't look perfect...
… Fyn Kynd, 20 June, 2014 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

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