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Xanthotype sospeta? Xanthotype urticaria? - Xanthotype

Xanthotype sospeta? Xanthotype urticaria? - Xanthotype
Douglas County, Kansas, USA
May 31, 2015
It looks more like than the images I have seen for X. urticaria but i do not know if you can tell from a photo.

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Moved from ID Request.

They're indistinguishable by appearance, and even genitalia proves unreliable due to significant variation. They may prove to be a single variable species in the long run. See remarks here.

 
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With so much variation it is Interesting the DNA barcodes are identical.

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