Tebenna onustana (Walker, 1864)

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Family: Choreutidae

Subfamily:

Identification: Forewing brownish-gray with broad white AM and PM lines; AM line almost straight, PM line arc-shaped or almost V-shaped; two blackish patches inside PM line, and one blackish patch beyond PM line; hindwing brownish-gray with scattered white scales near center; top of thorax brownish with 3 thin white longitudinal lines (1 dorsal and 2 dorsolateral); top of head light brown or tan

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Range: Ontario, Quebec, and northeastern United States

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