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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Shiny Head-Standing Moths (Argyresthiidae) » Argyresthia » Argyresthia aureoargentella - Hodges#2440 (Argyresthia aureoargentella)
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Small Moth - Argyresthia aureoargentella
Copyright © 2014 Mardon Erbland

Small Moth - Argyresthia aureoargentella
N47.630469 W52.687459 (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
August 4, 2014
Size: 5 mm head to wingtips
My wife found this on her arm after coming in the house from outside about 1:00 PM NDT. She saved it and I photographed it later.

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 4 August, 2014 - 4:33pm
Last updated 16 January, 2017 - 3:53pm

Moved
Moved from Argyresthia.
… Aaron Hunt, 16 January, 2017 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Mardon Erbland, 6 August, 2014 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

Stunning pictures
I think this is something from the genus Argyresthia. Not sure about species.
… Scott Gilmore, 5 August, 2014 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

 
A. aureoargentella maybe ?
Thanks! I will move it to genus Argyresthia for now but I'm pretty sure it might be able to go to species as Argyresthia aureoargentella - Hodges#2440. A. canadensis is similar but not as good a match IMO as A. aureoargentella. Do you think it is OK to move it to species?
… Mardon Erbland, 6 August, 2014 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

 
Argyresthia
I agree with A. aureoargentella.
… Jacob A. Gorneau, 28 December, 2016 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

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