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Antispila reared from Cornus drummondii - Antispila freemani

Antispila reared from Cornus drummondii - Antispila freemani
Mehan, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA
August 10, 2016
Size: 4mm
eclosed 8/10

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This one is a female
I've just examined all of the Cornus-feeding Antispila specimens in my possession, and the only male I have for this species is your #3622.2--so I'm very glad you sent that one! I've found the alleged differences in wing pattern to be pretty well useless, and without dissecting, the surefire way to tell is to look for a dense tuft of scales on the underside of the male's forewing near the base. On A. cornifoliella it's dark brown, and on A. freemani it's bright yellow--there's no confusing them.

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