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Common Name:
Burdock Seedhead Moth

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass:
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Superfamily: Gelechioidea
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Tribe: Anomologini
Species:
Metzneria lappella

Checklist No: 1685

Location:
Monhegan Island
Monhegan, ME
USA
GPS: 43.763051,-69.320026

Date: 8/27/13

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes: Introduced from Eurasia

Image at BugGuide:

Metzneria lappella Gelechiidae
Burdock Seedhead Moth
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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