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Problematic Powdered Dancer - Argia moesta - male - female

Problematic Powdered Dancer - Argia moesta - Male Female
Harris County, Texas, USA
May 3, 2014
I believe the male is a Powdered Dancer. Presumably, the female is also a Powdered Dancer. However, S10 on the female seems to have a ventrolateral line that is characteristic of Blue-Fronted Dancer, according to Dr. Abbott's "Damseflies of Texas". I have not included the pterostigma because the shots that I have are such that the wings and pterostigma overlay each other such that I cannot tell what veins and what stigma go with each wing, and because they are out of focus anyway. It seems to me though, that the stigma might be intersecting a vein and thereby supporting the Powdered Dancer Id.

I would like to see what others think of this. Did I overlook something? Is this a case of cross-breeding? Or is this just a rare case where a female Powdered Dancer has a ventrolateral line crossing the entire length of S9?

S9 on the primary image is obscured by shadow, so I am including additional photos.
1/20/2015: Added best photo of the female wings, just in case anybody cares to tackle that problem.

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The females of A. moesta and A. apicalis can be quite difficult to separate.
In my opinion your image is not clear enough to tell for sure which species the female is.
I don't know if the two species are capable of interbreeding.

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