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Waterlily Leafcutter - Hodges#4755 (Elophila obliteralis)
Photo#779197
Copyright © 2013
Robert Lord Zimlich
Waterlily Leafcutter Moth - Hodges #4755 -
Elophila obliteralis
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Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
June 1, 2013
Size: FWL ≈ 10mm
You can't realize the disparity in the size difference between the
male
and female, until you see them on the same sheet. It's hard to believe they are the same species.
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Contributed by
Robert Lord Zimlich
on 2 June, 2013 - 3:05am
Last updated 3 June, 2013 - 7:46am