Eriplatymetra Grote

 

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Eriplatymetra Grote 1873
Eriplatymetra lentifluata, adult male, collected Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise Co, AZ.  The description of this species, published in Barnes & McDunnough 1916, notes  that it closely resemble "Epiplatymetra" coloradaria: "Very close to coloradaria G(rote). & R(obinson). (PI. XXVII, Fig. 14), but with the t. p. line much less bent in below cell and with the t. a. line incomplete." Below, image from illustrating plate from Barnes & McDunnough 1916, showing Eriplatymetra lentifluata, Type specimen, S Arizona (left) and Eriplatymetra coloradaria, Durango, CO (right).
 
 
Eriplatymetra grotearia, adult male, Collected Ramsey Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise Co., AZ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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