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Mayfly - Leptophlebia - male
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

Mayfly - Leptophlebia - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 4, 2009
Size: 13mm
Contributed by tom murray on 9 May, 2009 - 8:53pm
Last updated 22 May, 2013 - 8:42pm

Moved
Moved from Leptophlebia nebulosa.
… Roger Rohrbeck, 22 May, 2013 - 8:42pm

Moved
Moved from Leptophlebia.
… tom murray, 29 September, 2009 - 9:02pm

 
maybe a different species
Male Leptophlebia nebulosa imagos usually have the outer 1/4 to 1/3 of the forewing with dark brown pigmentation. See "A revision of the genus Leptophlebia Westwood in North America (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae: Leptophlebiinae)" by S.K. Burian 2001.
… Bill Gerth, 28 March, 2012 - 1:25pm

Leptophlebia nebulosa
based on specimens.
… Donald S. Chandler, 29 September, 2009 - 8:43pm

Thanks Lloyd
Moved from Mayflies.
… tom murray, 10 May, 2009 - 9:54pm

Leptophlebiidae
A male Leptophlebia imago.
… Lloyd Gonzales, 10 May, 2009 - 12:30pm

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