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Oligocentria? - Oligocentria delicata
Copyright © 2015 Arlene Ripley

Oligocentria? - Oligocentria delicata
Huachuca Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 6, 2015
Size: approx. 1.5"
Found crawling on the ground in a riparian zone in a sycamore, emory oak, alligator juniper woodland
Contributed by Arlene Ripley on 7 August, 2015 - 12:31am
Last updated 24 March, 2022 - 1:33pm

Moved
Moved from Prominent Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 24 March, 2022 - 1:33pm

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Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 9 September, 2015 - 11:01pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 22 August, 2015 - 12:29am

Interesting
You certainly have plenty of Oligocentria down there while the usual suspects of Schizura ipomoeae and unicornis don't seem to be there. Maybe Charles Melton or Margarethe Brummermann will recognize this beauty. Folks have been doing significant work down there with David Wagner.
… john and jane balaban, 7 August, 2015 - 8:48am

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