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Tarache tetragona
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Tarache tetragona
Fredericksberg, Gillespie County, Texas, USA
May 12, 2023
Only two photos of tetragona here but MPG has a distribution of all the southern US. Like the photo of Lee Hoy here.
Contributed by Donald R Riley on 12 June, 2023 - 10:03pm
Last updated 20 December, 2023 - 4:24pm

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Moved from Butterflies and Moths. According to Robert Poole, it appears you are at the limits of its range in Texas and it would not be expected further west. I have added the range info to BugGuide.
… Steve Morris, 20 December, 2023 - 4:24pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 2 July, 2023 - 2:08pm

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