Small Decantha Moth

Decantha stecia · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Oecophoridae

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Small Decantha Moth
Photo: Jake McCumber, CC BY

The Small Decantha Moth measures about three to three and a half millimetres long. It lives in the eastern United States, from Louisiana and Florida up to Ohio and Massachusetts, and can be found as high as 610 m elevation.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Adults are roughly 3 to 3.5 mm in length.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its range includes the eastern US, from Louisiana and Florida northward to Ohio and Massachusetts, up to about 610 m elevation.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 21 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, Florida, North Carolina, Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Small Decantha Moth photo 2
Photo: laurawies, CC BY
Small Decantha Moth photo 3
Photo: Jake McCumber, CC BY
Small Decantha Moth photo 4
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY
Small Decantha Moth photo 5
Photo: Jake McCumber, CC BY

Same family (Oecophoridae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decantha_stecia

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-26 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-26.

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