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Diaphania modialis
Copyright © 2017 Bob Cross

Diaphania modialis
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
October 15, 2017
Size: about 20 mm WS
Porch light visitor at dawn. Can these be reliably sexed?
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Contributed by Bob Cross on 15 October, 2017 - 2:31pm
Last updated 23 October, 2017 - 1:20pm

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… Robert Lord Zimlich, 23 October, 2017 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

Subjective call
Bob, the female has bushy pencils, while the male's is rather skimpy. The extremes are easy to determine, but the "in-betweens" not so, and best not try.
This one would be a female, and this pne, a male.
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… Robert Lord Zimlich, 23 October, 2017 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Diaphania modialis
Thank you Robert. That's really very helpful information that I couldn't find anywhere else. I can now see that my specimen is an "in between".
… Bob Cross, 23 October, 2017 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

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