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Cymatodera tuta? - Cymatodera
Copyright © 2015 Mike Quinn

Cymatodera tuta? - Cymatodera
Terlingua Ranch, HQ area, Brewster County, Texas, USA
April 16, 2015
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2021

coll'ed at UV lights, during Entoblitz_2015

spmn in the TAMUIC

Comment per Alan Burke:

this resembles either Cymatodera tuta Wolcott, or C. tutoides Barr. The only difference among them is that females of the latter species have a subapical ridge on the fifth ventrite, whereas females of the former lack this ridge. Males are pretty much identical, although I've observed that both sexes of C. tuta are slightly larger that those of C. tutoides. Furthermore, both species are found in Texas.
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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 24 April, 2015 - 11:13pm
Last updated 28 October, 2021 - 1:53pm

Moved
Moved from Cymatodera.
… v belov, 20 July, 2017 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

Cymatodera
Cymatodera tuta maybe.
… Alan Burke, 20 July, 2017 - 7:36am login or register to post comments

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