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Micro Moth

Cosmopterix sp.

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Small, yellow and brown moth with silver decorations, 7 mm in length. Family Micropterigidae, a primitive Microlep family.

Habitat:

Garden lights, semi-rural residential area, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, 2,200 meters.

Notes:

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/174160-Cosmopterix/browse_photos
http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/0896a.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropterigidae
http://www.microleps.org/Guide/Micropterigidae/index.htm
https://www.naturalista.mx/taxa/173650-Micropterigidae/browse_photos

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PublishedNovember 5, 2018

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