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Photo#436313
Crescent - Phyciodes - male

Crescent - Phyciodes - Male
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
August 2, 2010
Another (futile?) attempt to turn a Pearl into a Northern.

Moved
Moved from Northern Crescent.

Yes,
by the criteria we are following (mostly) on BugGuide now, it is a Northern Crescent. With the qualification that this classification might change. There are a few others that seem to be the same on BugGuide already, and I'll probably give the a subspecies distinction soon, so they can be considered as a group and easily compared, if I can feel confident enough about which one is which.

Moved from ID Request.

well - it is a male with orange antenna tips,
so by the definitions people are following for the east, it is a Northern. On the other hand, it doesn't look much like the Northern Crescents from many other regions. There is a relatively new subspecies name (diminutor) that some are considering yet another species (with multiple broods like [i]P. phyciodes), but not well known yet. It was described from Minnesota. It may be what you have here, but the mess still needs some sorting out. For now, yes, you've got a Northern (but it may magically transform into a third species, if that name becomes generally accepted as such :0)

 
Thanks David
Sounds like "mess" is a good word to describe this situation. If I'm understanding it all, you're ruling out the Pearl?