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Hellinsia sp.

Hellinsia

Description:

Small, white

2 Species ID Suggestions

Plume moth
Platyptilia sp


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4 Comments

dhobern
dhobern 11 years ago

Definitely not Platyptilia - generally those species do not roll their wings so tightly. This is some kind of Hellinsia, quite possibly Hellinsia homodactylus.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Hmm...I really don't think it is Platyptilia sp., because most of them have really brown markings all over. http://bugguide.net/node/view/21673

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

I saw the same thing the other day! I would love to find a specific ID for it.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Plume Moth. That is a beauty!

Pellegrant
Spotted by
Pellegrant

Bangor, Maine, USA

Spotted on Jul 18, 2012
Submitted on Jul 20, 2012

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