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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Geometroidea) » Geometrid Moths (Geometridae) » Ennominae » Anagogini » Metarranthis » Pale Metarranthis - Hodges#6825 (Metarranthis indeclinata)
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Metarranthis sp. - Metarranthis indeclinata
Copyright © 2015 Nigel Grindley

Metarranthis sp. - Metarranthis indeclinata
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
June 25, 2015
Pale or Common Metarranthis? Can anyone tell me how to distinguish between Common Metarranthis e.g. and and Pale Metarranthis e.g. and ? I failed to find a clear description of the differences.
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Contributed by Nigel Grindley on 27 June, 2015 - 11:03am
Last updated 27 October, 2016 - 10:26am

Moved
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Suggestion
… Aaron Hunt, 7 July, 2015 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

 
Right
but a single image does not really tell me what the key features are for a definitive ID decision.
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