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micro id help, please - Keiferia lycopersicella
Copyright © 2014 Marcia Morris

micro id help, please - Keiferia lycopersicella
Verona, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
August 21, 2014
at the porch light
Contributed by Marcia Morris on 24 August, 2014 - 11:07am
Last updated 18 November, 2015 - 6:19pm

ID confirmation
by BOLD systems
… Marcia Morris, 18 November, 2015 - 6:19pm

Moved
Moved from Gnorimoschemini.
… Marcia Morris, 18 November, 2015 - 6:19pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Marcia Morris, 25 August, 2014 - 6:58pm

Gnorimoschemine
This is definitely a gnorimoschemine. These are tough to sight ID because this same color scheme comes up in a number of different genera; it really would need to be dissected to determine it any further than this.
… Terry Harrison, 25 August, 2014 - 3:13pm

Looks similar to one I had recently...
… Scott Gilmore, 24 August, 2014 - 12:46pm

 
indeed
The palps indicate that it is one of the Gelechiids.
… Marcia Morris, 24 August, 2014 - 3:05pm

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