ON CATOCALA VERRILLIANA, WITH NOTES ON CATOCALA RELICTA
The smallest N. Am. red-winged species known. It has a resemblance to polygama and fratercula in the ornamentation of the primaries. Fore wings gray, shaded with blackish; lines black. A diffuse basal black shade. T. a. line diffusely shaded with black. Reniform small, yellowish, more or less distin...
Published in: | The Canadian Entomologist |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1875
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent7185-10 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00127166 |
Summary: | The smallest N. Am. red-winged species known. It has a resemblance to polygama and fratercula in the ornamentation of the primaries. Fore wings gray, shaded with blackish; lines black. A diffuse basal black shade. T. a. line diffusely shaded with black. Reniform small, yellowish, more or less distinctly double ringed. Sub-reniform small, yellowish, disconnected with the t. p. line. T. p. line shaped much as in Polygama . Hind wings bright red. |
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