[NatureNS] I.D. OF METTALIC LOOKING MOTH

From: Bernard Burke <bernieb1@EastLink.ca>
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 I photographed the following moth in Cape Breton and I believe it is narrowed down to two possibilities. Depending on the lighting, it can appear to have a bronze or greenish hue with a rusty tail end, and the ringed antenna appear lighter at the tips and wider at the base. Internet photos that I've looked at seem to vary between two names. I was wondering if someone can tell me if this is a Large Clover Casebearer Moth Coleophora Trifoli or a Metallic Casebearer Moth Coleophora Mayella :
 
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/Nature/insectsspiders-etc/797514_PQxc2P#!i=2625995905&k=2x9cD5S&lb=1&s=XL
 
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/Nature/insectsspiders-etc/797514_PQxc2P#!i=2625995937&k=T5jVSpL&lb=1&s=XL
 
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/Nature/insectsspiders-etc/797514_PQxc2P#!i=2625995951&k=8QVzjf7&lb=1&s=O
 
http://bernieb.smugmug.com/Nature/insectsspiders-etc/797514_PQxc2P#!i=2625995979&k=c4cSWLR&lb=1&s=O
 
Thanks in advance
Bernard Burke
Dartmouth

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