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Hodges#10696.1 - Eucoptocnemis nr-rufula - male

Hodges#10696.1 - Eucoptocnemis nr-rufula - Male
1.3 miles NW of Campwood, Edwards County, Texas, USA
January 24, 2017
Size: apx. 22 mm L
TENTATIVE PLACEMENT

Specimen at TAMU Collection, BOLD ID very close and no other species mentioned is close, so I consider this ID to be solid. A BIG thank you to Valerie Bugh for suggesting the ID. It can be seen at TXLEP369-17 in the public database.

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Hodges#10696.1 - Eucoptocnemis nr-rufula - male Hodges#10696.1 - Eucoptocnemis nr-rufula - male

Solid?
I guess this could be rufula but the ID it's not supported by BOLD. The BIN for that species is BOLD:AAV7030 and this is in BOLD:ADJ4115. The separating is over 1.5%. It's not impossible for this the be specimens of these two BINS to be all the same species, but if rufula sample are correctly identified at BOLD, then I would infer that this is not that species. I'll see if we can't get an expert opinion.

 
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Thank you Steve. When mine are placed in separate BINS but have never been before reported from TEXAS, I always suspicion the location may be part of the problem. This one is at TAMU so they may eventually have an opinion. I wish I could figure out how to research the BINS like you do!

 
Eucoptocnemis n. sp. nr. rufula
Don Lafontaine says that this is an undescribed species. It is near rufula which is not known outside NM and AZ. I changed the species name on Info page since all the images shown within are from Texas and I then added a new Eucoptocnemis rufula page.

 
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Thank you. Very interesting. But I have had a lot of NM and AZ moths.

 
AZ and NM for rufula?
If so, please post them. We need them for MPG.

 
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Not for rufula, for many other species. Sorry the comment was confusing.

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