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Leptomantispa pulchella
Copyright © 2006 Gretchen Grammer

Leptomantispa pulchella
Ocean Springs, Gulf Park Estates, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA
July 24, 2006
Size: ~ 15 mm
Can anyone help with species identification? It came to a black light.
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Contributed by Gretchen Grammer on 24 July, 2006 - 6:04pm
Last updated 20 August, 2006 - 11:06am

Moved
Moved from Mantispa.
… john and jane balaban, 19 August, 2006 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

#66391 Identification -- Leptomantispa pulchella
This is the mantispid Leptomantispa pulchella (Banks, 1912).
… John D. Oswald, 19 August, 2006 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for Identification
I was hoping someone would identify this to species!
… Gretchen Grammer, 20 August, 2006 - 11:03am login or register to post comments

 
How to tell from "yellow form" D. sayi?
A photo we have identified as the "yellow form" of Dicromantispa sayi from Tennessee:

looks identical to me.
Marshall (1), photo 255.2, says there is a "yellow form" of Dicromantispa sayi. How to tell it from L. pulchella?

Any comments, John?
… Cotinis, 27 October, 2008 - 2:10pm login or register to post comments

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