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Moth - Pale Gray Bird-dropping Moth

Antaeotricha leucillana

Description:

Moth About 1/2 inch long

Habitat:

Backyard

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago


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6 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Please, update your ID, this one took me quite a long time for the ID! Thanks!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

I think you are correct Bayucca.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

OK, got it! Indeed some of the microleps, Gelechioidea, Elachistidae/Ocophoridae (never heard of), Stenomatinae (never heard of), Antaeotricha sp. (never heard of), I think it is Antaeotricha leucillana:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/95460/bgim...
You have to compare and verify! There is another very similar one, but in my eyes some of the markings fit better with Leucillana than Antaeotricha schlaegeri:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/22453/bgim...
What do others think? I am not 100% sure about the species.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Might be some kind of microleps and if so good luck with ID! Unfortunately this would be a very hard job, since info is rare, pictures in books and web very small like the bugs. Remembers me some kind of a leafroller, but that might be far away...

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 12 years ago

Please also add to mission, http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841...

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 12 years ago

How small is this? I may have an ID.

CEJ
Spotted by
CEJ

Maryland, USA

Spotted on Apr 28, 2012
Submitted on Apr 28, 2012

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