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Caenocara blanchardi - Caenocara oculatum - male
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Caenocara blanchardi - Caenocara oculatum - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 19, 2024
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236837538
Contributed by tom murray on 19 August, 2024 - 9:08pm
Last updated 8 May, 2025 - 6:41pm

Caenocara oculatum (Say), male
Moved from Caenocara blanchardi. Revised ID from voucher.

I compared genitalia of this vs the earlier one I called blanchardi (779775) and they are distinctly different. I found a somewhat obscure paper on Palearctic Caenocara (Espanol 1977) which illustrates a few of our species. The genitalia of this specimen matches Espanol's illustration of C. oculatum very well. The other one I will still tentatively call C. blanchardi.
… Brad Barnd, 28 April, 2025 - 6:48pm

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… Brad Barnd, 28 April, 2025 - 12:57am

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