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Acreophthiria? - Acreophthiria
Copyright © 2010 Hartmut Wisch

Acreophthiria? - Acreophthiria
Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
November 12, 2010
Size: 3mm
Netted on Lepidospartum squamatum.
Photographed through plexiglass.
See also field photo of another specimen:
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 14 November, 2010 - 7:39pm
Last updated 29 October, 2013 - 3:07pm

Moved
Moved from Phthiriinae.
… Hartmut Wisch, 29 October, 2013 - 3:07pm

Acreophthiria
I think your ID is correct, but I don't know enough about this subfamily to be very confident.
… Joel Kits, 12 December, 2010 - 12:05pm

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