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Calleida decora (Fabricius) - Calleida decora

Camp Maxey, Paris, Lamar County, Texas, USA
August 11, 2010

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 25 August, 2010 - 5:33pm
Last updated 14 February, 2011 - 12:02pm

Moved

Moved from punctata or decora.

… v belov, 14 February, 2011 - 12:02pm

Image is consistent with either C. decora or C. punctata.

Recall that true "C. punctata" has a southern range potentially to TX (according to catalogue by Bousquet & Larochelle, 1993). Are you comfortable in using location without specimen examination in assigning "C. decora" in this case?

… Peter W. Messer, 14 February, 2011 - 6:48pm

Moved

Moved from Calleida decora.

… Mike Quinn, 26 August, 2010 - 10:53am

Question:

Image is certainly consistent with Calleida decora from a distance. Mike, did you check to make sure this is not similarly colored Calleida punctata, also reported in Texas? See Info page of either species for taxonomic separation.

… Peter W. Messer, 25 August, 2010 - 11:18pm

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