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Leptomantispa pulchella
Photo#160162
Copyright © 2007
Marius Aurelian
Small mantidfly -
Leptomantispa pulchella
Cawston, Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada
June 24, 2006
The specimen shown is
Leptomantispa pulchella
. It was attracted to lights.
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Contributed by
Marius Aurelian
on 8 December, 2007 - 4:42am
Last updated 9 March, 2008 - 1:05am
Moved
Moved from
Dicromantispa sayi
.
…
Marius Aurelian
, 9 March, 2008 - 1:04am
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L. pulchella
My mistake. This specimen is
Leptomantispa puchella
, not
Dicromantispa sayi
. According to Cannings & Cannings (2006) there are only two mantidfly species in BC: the small
L. pulchella
and the wasp mimic
Climaciella brunnea
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Marius Aurelian
, 9 March, 2008 - 1:14am
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