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Ypsolopha delicatella
A small moth of the family Ypsolophidae, Ypsolopha delicatella is known from the southwestern United States. Adults have distinctive wing patterning with dark reddish-brown dorsal areas, bright golden yellow costal regions, and white apical areas mottled with black. The species exhibits the characteristic resting posture of ypsolophid moths, hanging upside down with antennae extended forward.