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Typhlocyba gillettei? - Empoa gillettei
Copyright © 2005 Stephen_WV

Typhlocyba gillettei? - Empoa gillettei
Near Ruraldale, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
July 19, 2005
Size: 3 mm
Is this Typhlocyba gillettei, which I posted once earlier? It seems different in some ways, just behind the pronotum, for example.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 21 July, 2005 - 5:14pm
Last updated 3 July, 2006 - 7:32pm

Typhlocyba gillettei
This specimen hasn't "colored up" completely, so the wings are less yellow and the scutellum hasn't gotten completely brown yet; but then, some specimens never do. It's just variation. More important is the width and shape of the brown wing bands.
… Andy Hamilton, 22 July, 2005 - 9:40am

 
Thanks, Andy
Thanks, Andy, for helping clear up my confusion on this one.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com
… Stephen_WV, 22 July, 2005 - 10:21am

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