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Deltophora? - Bactra verutana
Copyright © 2019 Victor Engel

Deltophora? - Bactra verutana
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
July 11, 2019
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Contributed by Victor Engel on 12 July, 2019 - 4:12pm
Last updated 13 July, 2019 - 10:37am

Moved
Moved from Bactra.
… A. Hendrickson, 13 July, 2019 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Victor Engel, 13 July, 2019 - 6:06am login or register to post comments

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Note the "roping" along the costa. That is typical of Genus Bactra. Species ID is difficult and often requires dissection. Do you have a lateral? Possibly Bactra verutana.
… A. Hendrickson, 13 July, 2019 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

 
Another shoot
Not of that individual. I went out to see if there was another one tonight, and there was. I created a separate entry for it here.
… Victor Engel, 13 July, 2019 - 6:04am login or register to post comments

 
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Victor,

I thought I remembered something new about this Genus, so I checked the species information pages. See the Bactra lancealina information page.

The experts now think that maybe all - at least most - Bactra in the US are B. verutana, so I must have been right in my ID. In doing that I noticed that they feed on reeds, indicating you need to be near some type of water to see them.
… A. Hendrickson, 13 July, 2019 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

 
I don't see a Bactra lanceali
I don't see a Bactra lancealina page.
… Victor Engel, 13 July, 2019 - 10:40am login or register to post comments

 
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From Bactra Genus page click on the Taxonomy tab and all of the species for that Genus will be shown. Click on B. lancealina, then on the INFO tab and there is an explanation of what is going on in the Genus.
… A. Hendrickson, 13 July, 2019 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

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