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Xanthotype
Photo#1193897
Copyright © 2016
Steve Nanz
Moth IMG_6702 -
Xanthotype
Englishtown, Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada
July 3, 2015
Tentative ID based on assumption that
sospeta
and
urticaria
will eventually be synonymized.
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Contributed by
Steve Nanz
on 25 February, 2016 - 3:53am
Last updated 25 February, 2016 - 7:50am
Moved
Moved from
Crocus Geometer Moth
.
Moved to genus because the two species have different male genitalia. The holotype male
urticaria
is from Nova Scotia.
I suspect that this may be a rare case in which we are seeing one species which has two forms having different genitalia though that would seem very implausible.
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Steve Nanz
, 25 February, 2016 - 7:50am
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