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Spiny Oak-Slug Moth - Hodges#4697 (Euclea delphinii)
Photo#6887
Copyright © 2004
Troy Bartlett
Spiny Oak Slug Moth -
Euclea delphinii
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Parson's Run, Duluth, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
July 18, 2004
Saw Patrick's and had to submit my own :).
Attracted to a mercury vapor lamp. Appears to be a female based on thin antennae and rounded abdominal tip.
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Contributed by
Troy Bartlett
on 8 September, 2004 - 9:03pm
Last updated 25 May, 2016 - 10:06am
Moved
Moved from
Euclea
.
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Jason D. Roberts
, 25 May, 2016 - 10:06am
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J. Anderson
, 4 September, 2010 - 4:40pm
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Euclea
This is indeed a very handsome female
Euclea delphinii
.
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Jason D. Roberts
, 11 February, 2008 - 6:48pm
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on what do you base this id?
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J. Anderson
, 4 September, 2010 - 4:41pm
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Euclea distinction
The basal green patch in
nanina
is generally perspicuously larger in proportion (of FW) when compared to the typical
delphinii
, and it always rises
slightly above
vein CuA, whereas in
delphinii
, the green patch only borders along vein CuA or less (except in the green forms), as it does on this specimen.
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Jason D. Roberts
, 4 September, 2010 - 5:39pm
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thanks for the information
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J. Anderson
, 4 September, 2010 - 5:54pm
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Moved
Moved from
Spiny Oak-Slug Moth
. See information on the
Euclea
Info page
.
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Robin McLeod
, 17 December, 2006 - 10:31pm
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