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Pseudopostega quadristrigella Chambers, 1875
Family: Opostegidae
Subfamily:
Identification: Forewings shiny white with brownish gray dash at midway along inner margin. Tiny black dot at wingtip. Hindwing gray.
Wing Span: 0.8-0.9 cm.
Life History: Larva mines in fibrous inner lining of the bark of food plants.
Flight: May - late June.
Caterpillar Hosts: Currants and gooseberry.
Adult Food:
Habitat:
Range: Massachusetts to Florida, west to Arkansas and Texas.
Conservation:
NCGR:
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Comments: Same as Opostega quadristrigella - Davis, Donald R. and Jonas R. Stonis. "A Revision of the New World Plant-Mining Moths of the Family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea) Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea)." Number 625, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology

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Displaying 1 - 18 of 18 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 22, 2022
Submitted by: JMJaskula
Region: Newton County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 27, 2022
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Observation date: Jul 28, 2016
Submitted by: Betsy Higgins
Region: Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jun 07, 2022
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Observation date: Aug 18, 2021
Submitted by: ridgeboy
Region: Polk County, Florida, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Aug 19, 2021
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Observation date: Jun 18, 2020
Submitted by: dmccord
Region: Hamilton County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: Howell_Curtis
Verified date: Jun 22, 2020
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Observation date: Sep 11, 2019
Submitted by: Rick Welton
Region: Lake County, Indiana, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Nov 25, 2019
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Observation date: Jul 03, 2018
Submitted by: Slugbait
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jan 05, 2019
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Observation date: Aug 12, 2018
Submitted by: Reiner Jakubowski
Region: Ontario, Canada
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Dec 14, 2018
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Observation date: Aug 21, 2015
Submitted by: Jim Eckert
Region: Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: Jim Eckert
Verified date: Apr 30, 2018
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Observation date: Jul 28, 2016
Submitted by: Betsy Higgins
Region: Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 05, 2016
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Observation date: Jul 08, 2016
Submitted by: treichard
Region: Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 18, 2016
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Observation date: Jul 20, 2015
Submitted by: Happyhealy
Region: Hart County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Dec 14, 2015
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Observation date: Jul 23, 2013
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Karen and Gary Campbell)
Region: Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jan 03, 2014
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Observation date: Sep 21, 2012
Submitted by: Stuart Marcus
Region: Texas, Liberty County, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Apr 29, 2013
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Observation date: Jun 22, 2012
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hardin County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Aug 29, 2012
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Observation date: Jun 12, 2012
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hardin County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 31, 2012
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Observation date: May 04, 2009
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hart County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Feb 07, 2011
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Observation date: Jul 01, 2010
Submitted by: rdhealy1951@aol.com
Region: Hardin County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Feb 07, 2011
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Observation date: May 15, 2003
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Frank Olsen)
Region: Jasper County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (James Durbin)
Verified date: Jun 09, 2008
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