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Crocus or False Crocus Geometer - Xanthotype - female
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Crocus or False Crocus Geometer - Xanthotype - Female
Wildwood Park; Radford, Virginia, USA
August 4, 2019
I'm assuming this is Xanthotype urticaria or sospeta and that the ID cannot be determined by a photo. Correct?
Contributed by Nancy Kent on 4 August, 2019 - 8:52pm
Last updated 5 August, 2019 - 7:30am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Correct, we know that this one is a female, because the antennae do not have pectines.
… Bob Biagi, 4 August, 2019 - 9:52pm

 
Thanks!
I appreciate the gender reminder.
… Nancy Kent, 5 August, 2019 - 7:30am

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