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Tomato pinworm - Hodges#2047 (Keiferia lycopersicella)
Photo#983927
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
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Marcia Morris
, 18 November, 2015 - 6:19pm
Moved
Moved from
Gnorimoschemini
.
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Marcia Morris
, 18 November, 2015 - 6:19pm
Moved
Moved from
ID Request
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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.
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Terry Harrison
, 25 August, 2014 - 3:13pm
Looks similar to one I had recently...
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Scott Gilmore
, 24 August, 2014 - 12:46pm
indeed
The palps indicate that it is one of the Gelechiids.
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Marcia Morris
, 24 August, 2014 - 3:05pm