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Acutalis sp. - Acutalis tartarea

Acutalis sp. - Acutalis tartarea
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
July 17, 2004
Acutalis sp., either a pale form of A. tartarea, or a separate species A. brunnea

Moved
Moved from Acutalis brunnea.

Acutalis brunnea
This species is often called A. tartarea, but the latter is all black. They sometimes occur together, which gave the idea that they might be just color varieties of the same species; but more often they occur separately.

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