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False Crocus Geometer - Xanthotype
Copyright © 2004 Troy Bartlett

False Crocus Geometer - Xanthotype
Chattahoochee Nat'l Rec Area, Abbots Bridge, Georgia, USA
August 13, 2003
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:12pm
Last updated 4 April, 2005 - 1:54am

Xanthotype species
Troy, how did you determine the species for this one? Or was it IDed by someone else? This link shows three individuals of X. urticaria and three of X. sospeta; does anyone here know how to reliably ID these species by sight? If not, and if the above image wasn't identified by a moth or geometrid specialist, we should play it safe by removing the common name and simply calling it Xanthotype sp.
… Robin McLeod, 3 January, 2005 - 1:47am

 
moved to Xanthotype genus
just to be safe
… Robin McLeod, 4 April, 2005 - 1:56am

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