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donhe wrote:
1 hr ago
H. perichares has black fringes to the forewing margins.
Heliosia perichares
donhe wrote:
1 hr ago
M. errans was proposed as a subspecies of M. hirundo by Walker in 1856. It was promoted to a separate species by Moulds, and that is now how it is in Nmapr and AFD. No problem.
Macroglossum errans
WendyEM wrote:
3 hrs ago
Maybe it is the hindwing fringe extending beyond the forewing. One of the BOLD (Hobern) specimens has a wide dark fringe on the hindwings. https://bold-au.hobern.net/specimen.php?processid=ANICD925-10
Heliosia perichares
PJH123 wrote:
3 hrs ago
That may just be a harsh shadow line caused by the flash
Heliosia perichares
PJH123 wrote:
3 hrs ago
Wendy, correct, Nacoleia mesochlora (Meyrick, 1884)
Nacoleia mesochlora

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