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Unidentified white moth

Photo by Leuba Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

A small white moth about 5 mm long with a narrow body and stark white wings. On the head was a tuft of white setae. Legs were long, white with tarsal spines. Antennae were also white.
The trailing margins of the wings could have been fringed (difficult to tell) with a small black speck.

Habitat:

Attracted to bright garden lights.

Notes:

This small moth with shiny wings flew in spirals before settling down for a few seconds. <br>
- ? Gracillariidae - looks a little like the citrus leafminer Phyllocnistis.

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