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Old Saturday 22nd May 2004, 12:15   #1
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Tiny moth for ID

A real titch - only 7mm long. I thought perhaps a gelechid.

Thanks for any help.


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Old Saturday 22nd May 2004, 12:37   #2
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Ok, this won't help - but it looks like a Footman. A very small Footman.
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Old Saturday 22nd May 2004, 14:17   #3
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A real titch - only 7mm long. I thought perhaps a gelechid.

Thanks for any help.
Possibly is.

I've looked through MBGBI 4 (2) and it could be a Scrobipalpa spp.

Something to start with perhaps??
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For the record this went down as Scrobipalpa costella (819).
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