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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Zygaenoidea » Leaf Skeletonizer Moths (Zygaenidae) » Harrisina » Western Grapeleaf Skeletonizer - Hodges#4623 (Harrisina metallica)
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Moth - Harrisina metallica
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Moth - Harrisina metallica
southwest of Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
July 10, 2005
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Contributed by tom murray on 20 July, 2005 - 10:43pm
Last updated 6 August, 2005 - 5:06pm

western grapeleaf skeletonizer, Harrisina brillians?
Some images of these show an orange collar as in our eastern species, but some show them as all black. Check out these from UCal .
And Southeastern Arizona says in line 3 here that brillians is a color variant of metallica without the red!
… john and jane balaban, 6 August, 2005 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Nice homework
It looks like you hit the nail on the head. Thanks again.
… tom murray, 6 August, 2005 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

Sure looks like
a male Ctenucha (or pygoctenucha), but not many images available on the western species. Will look forward to the ID of this one. Was there any color on the animal other than that gorgeous Ctenucha blue-black, anywhere?
… john and jane balaban, 21 July, 2005 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

 
No other color seen
on this moth other than that shiny black. Also it was a little smaller than the Ctenucha we get in the east.
… tom murray, 21 July, 2005 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

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