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possibly Doleromorpha porphyria ? - Doleromorpha porphyria
Copyright © 2017 Royal M. Tyler, Jr.

possibly Doleromorpha porphyria ? - Doleromorpha porphyria
~6 miles east of Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 21, 2017
seen flying from limb to limb on a sweetgum sapling, on edge of a pipeline in sandhill pineywoods, but not too xeric.
also resembles Ceratophaga vicinella, is similar habitat, but too far north for gopher tortoises.

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possibly Doleromorpha porphyria ? - Doleromorpha porphyria possibly Doleromorpha porphyria ? - Doleromorpha porphyria
Contributed by Royal M. Tyler, Jr. on 22 August, 2017 - 12:55pm
Last updated 22 August, 2017 - 3:38pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Royal M. Tyler, Jr., 22 August, 2017 - 3:37pm

Doleromorpha porphyria
As you correctly suggested, this is Doleromorpha porphyria.
… Terry Harrison, 22 August, 2017 - 3:08pm

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