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Acutalis sp. - Acutalis brunnea

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