I found and grass veneer I cannot ID

This is the second species of grass veneer I cannot ID. This maybe the different species I found before. What they have in common is striped black and white antennas.

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Christine Young

Lion

This is a tough one. I looked through some of the grass veneers and kept getting mislead by European species. The best I can tell is that this is either Agriphila sp. or Thaumatopsis sp.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/142781-Agriphila/browse_photos
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/178890-Thaumatopsis

I lean towards Thaumatopsis because their antennae look striped when flat against the wings. Thaumatopsis fernaldella looks close. iNat shows it being in CA, but BugGuide does not. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130055629
https://bugguide.net/node/view/875073/bgimage
Posted one year ago
1. Ms. Blackcat
  
  Lion
  
  Agriphila vulgivagellus, maybe? Posted one year ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    That one looks so close, except that the antennae don't match. Posted one year ago

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Uploaded Oct 9, 2023. Captured in 492 Safari Dr, San Jose, CA 95123, USA.

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