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#6441 - Pimaphera percata? - Pimaphera sparsaria - male
Copyright © 2018 Hal Livings

#6441 - Pimaphera percata? - Pimaphera sparsaria - Male
20 miles southwest of Llano, Llano County, Texas, USA
January 17, 2017
Size: FW~11mm
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Contributed by Hal Livings on 31 May, 2018 - 10:02pm
Last updated 6 February, 2020 - 11:23pm

Moved
Moved from Pimaphera.
… Chuck Sexton, 6 February, 2020 - 11:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ennominae.
… A. Hendrickson, 21 June, 2018 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Aaron Hunt, 21 June, 2018 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

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Pimaphera yes, but I think it is . I have sent several to BOLD which tested that species and reared one. He corrected the species for George Smiley's caterpillar submissions, so I believe he feels that the Texas members of this Genus are primarily P. sparsaria.
… A. Hendrickson, 1 June, 2018 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ann. I submitted a P.
Thanks Ann. I submitted a P. sparsaria a year or so ago, then recently noticed this one seemed to have more lines than spots. So I thought it might be different. P. sparsaia it is.
… Hal Livings, 1 June, 2018 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

 
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Check out the bold public database for CCDB-24015 D03 - it is one I had tested and to me it looks like yours.
… A. Hendrickson, 1 June, 2018 - 10:26pm login or register to post comments

 
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I have some in my files that look like that too.
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