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Grape Leaffolder - Desmia funeralis - male
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Grape Leaffolder - Desmia funeralis - Male
Ocala, Marion County, Florida, USA
March 6, 2008

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Contributed by Alan Chin-Lee on 11 March, 2008 - 11:09am

The neck appears to have
a prominent white collar; I haven't noticed that in other specimens.

A white patch on top of the head of some specimens used to be considered a feature of Desmia maculalis but Bob Patterson reports here that it's not a reliable characteristic (according to Brian Scholtens) in distinguishing between funeralis and maculalis, so I think we'll have to lump the two species together at BugGuide.
… Robin McLeod, 13 June, 2008 - 8:28am login or register to post comments

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