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Five-lined Gray ? - Glena quinquelinearia - male
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Five-lined Gray ? - Glena quinquelinearia - Male
Dripping Springs, Hays County, Texas, USA
July 11, 2012
Five-lined Gray
Glena quinquelinearia
family Geometridae
Dripping Springs,
Hays Co., Texas
11 July 2012

This is likely the correct ID?
Contributed by Greg W. Lasley on 28 January, 2013 - 5:27pm
Last updated 4 November, 2018 - 8:53pm

Five-lined Gray - Hodges #6453
Greg,
I agree, as G. quinquelinearia lacks the two-tone shading of the similar G. plumosaria. Lacking plumose antennae and anal tuffs, would make this a female.
Robert
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 28 January, 2013 - 7:44pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.

Nice!
… Maury J. Heiman, 28 January, 2013 - 7:27pm

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