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Mismatching wings - Melipotis cellaris
Copyright © 2024 Rachel Wright

Mismatching wings - Melipotis cellaris
near Lost Maples, Bandera County, Texas, USA
April 7, 2024
I believe this is a Cellar Graphic (Melipotis cellaris), but I found the mismatching wing pattern unusual. I read that this moth is sexually dimorphic. Could this be a hermaphroditic moth?
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Contributed by Rachel Wright on 15 April, 2024 - 7:46pm
Last updated 16 April, 2024 - 12:55pm

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I'm not exactly sure about the gender. see also Deformed Lepidoptera
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