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Acrolophus sp.

Photo by KarenL
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Field Notes

Description:

1/2" long brown moth

Habitat:

Semi rural

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
KarenL
Ken, I was beginning to get a bit worried that so many different looking moths were all the same species! I think from now on if its small & brown & found by my porch like I can safely assume Acrolophus sp.!
childs.kj
The reason I'm putting Acrolophus sp. on so many of your moths is that the genus is a mess and needs some serious work. There's a good chance that there are a lot more species so many that are now being called Acrolophus popeanella many turn out to be new species. Take a look at the pictures on BugGuide and the Moth Photographers Group and you'll see the colors and patterns are all over the place.

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